{"id":10618,"date":"2016-05-25T09:35:15","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T16:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogadmin.plantlust.com\/blog\/?p=10618"},"modified":"2023-11-12T22:10:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T06:10:08","slug":"how-many-colors-do-you-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/blog\/plants\/how-many-colors-do-you-count\/","title":{"rendered":"How many colors do you count?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I thought I&#8217;d let a couple of our nurseries describe the varied colors of this fabulous plant, after all they say it much better than I could:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">This ever-colorful evergreen&#8217;s leaves keep growing in yellow-orange-red-green marbled patterns&#8230;&#8221; &#8211; Cistus Nursery<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">New growth emerges in tones of hot orange-red and then changes to gold that is irregularly splashed on deep green leaves. NO OTHER HARDY VINE has foliage this color and this dramatic.&#8221; &#8211; Xera Plants<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/plants\/643\/trachelospermum-asiaticum-ogon-nishiki\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trachelospermum asiaticum &#8216;Ogon Nishiki&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0is a feast for the eyes. When I went looking for a shade tolerant vine to plant in these two dish planters I wasn&#8217;t sure about this choice, fearing it was a little busy.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/01144143\/planters-with-ring.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10622\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/01144143\/planters-with-ring.jpg\" alt=\"planters with ring\" width=\"1024\" height=\"990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/01144143\/planters-with-ring.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/01144143\/planters-with-ring-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But now? I am thrilled with it. There are so many colors! And the potentially harsh gold tones are muted by all the greens.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/01144142\/Trachelospermum-a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10623\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/01144142\/Trachelospermum-a.jpg\" alt=\"Trachelospermum a\" width=\"858\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/01144142\/Trachelospermum-a.jpg 858w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/01144142\/Trachelospermum-a-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And there&#8217;s orange too!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/01144141\/Trachelospermum-b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10624\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/01144141\/Trachelospermum-b.jpg\" alt=\"Trachelospermum b\" width=\"836\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/01144141\/Trachelospermum-b.jpg 836w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/01144141\/Trachelospermum-b-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 836px) 100vw, 836px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was interviewed the other day for an article and the author\u00a0said something about my liking bright colors. It really caused me to pause, I don&#8217;t think of myself as liking bright colors.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/01144141\/Trachelospermum-c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10625\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/01144141\/Trachelospermum-c.jpg\" alt=\"Trachelospermum c\" width=\"880\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/01144141\/Trachelospermum-c.jpg 880w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/01144141\/Trachelospermum-c-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maybe it&#8217;s just that I only like certain bright colors?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/01144145\/feature3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10619\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/01144145\/feature3.jpg\" alt=\"feature\" width=\"1024\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/01144145\/feature3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/01144145\/feature3-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What about you, bright colors in the garden, yea or nay? Oh and a couple of other brightly colored\/patterned foliage plants I&#8217;m currently digging&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought I&#8217;d let a couple of our nurseries describe the varied colors of this fabulous plant, after all they say it much better than I could: &#8220;This ever-colorful evergreen&#8217;s leaves keep growing in yellow-orange-red-green marbled patterns&#8230;&#8221; &#8211; Cistus Nursery &#8220;New growth emerges in tones of hot orange-red and then changes to gold that is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":10621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[387,1012,808],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How many colors do you count? 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