{"id":10910,"date":"2011-05-07T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2011-05-07T10:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=10910"},"modified":"2011-05-06T18:06:31","modified_gmt":"2011-05-06T22:06:31","slug":"morning-eye-candy-brazen-azaleas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/05\/photography\/morning-eye-candy-brazen-azaleas\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Eye Candy: Brazen Azaleas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These three beauties from the amazing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/azalea-garden\">new Azalea Garden<\/a> (which opens today!) confound expectations and dazzle in unexpected tones.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rhododendron-luteum-Bee-Dazzler-02.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"10912\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/05\/photography\/morning-eye-candy-brazen-azaleas\/attachment\/rhododendron-luteum-bee-dazzler-02\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rhododendron-luteum-Bee-Dazzler-02.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1021,680\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1304350141&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;105&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rhododendron luteum &#8216;Bee Dazzler&#8217;\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rhododendron-luteum-Bee-Dazzler-02-300x199.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rhododendron-luteum-Bee-Dazzler-02.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10912\" title=\"Rhododendron luteum 'Bee Dazzler'\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rhododendron-luteum-Bee-Dazzler-02.jpg\" alt=\"Rhododendron luteum 'Bee Dazzler'\" width=\"580\" height=\"392\" \/><\/a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Rhododendron luteum<\/em> &#8216;Bee Dazzler&#8217;<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rhododendron-Blue-Baron-01.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"10911\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/05\/photography\/morning-eye-candy-brazen-azaleas\/attachment\/rhododendron-blue-baron-01\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rhododendron-Blue-Baron-01.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1021,680\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1303913719&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;105&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rhododendron &#8216;Blue Baron&#8217; \" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rhododendron-Blue-Baron-01-300x199.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rhododendron-Blue-Baron-01.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10911\" title=\"Rhododendron 'Blue Baron' \" src=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rhododendron-Blue-Baron-01.jpg\" alt=\"Rhododendron 'Blue Baron' \" width=\"580\" height=\"392\" \/><\/a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Rhododendron<\/em> &#8216;Blue Baron&#8217;<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rhododendron-luteum-Golden-Comet-03.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"10913\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/05\/photography\/morning-eye-candy-brazen-azaleas\/attachment\/rhododendron-luteum-golden-comet-03\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rhododendron-luteum-Golden-Comet-03.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1021,680\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1303913659&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;105&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rhododendron luteum &#8216;Golden Comet&#8217;\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rhododendron-luteum-Golden-Comet-03-300x199.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rhododendron-luteum-Golden-Comet-03.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10913\" title=\"Rhododendron luteum 'Golden Comet'\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rhododendron-luteum-Golden-Comet-03.jpg\" alt=\"Rhododendron luteum 'Golden Comet'\" width=\"580\" height=\"392\" \/><\/a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Rhododendron luteum<\/em> &#8216;Golden Comet&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Photos by Ivo M. Vermeulen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These three azaleas confound expectations and step out in unexpected tones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[146],"tags":[1406,1033,991,4648],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ph0lU-2PY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10910"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10910"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10915,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10910\/revisions\/10915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}