The Hidden Meanings Behind Your Favorite Household Seating<\/a><\/p>\n\ud83c\udf3a Rhododendrons<\/p>\n
If your rhododendrons are thriving in Lubbock, please check your coordinates \u2014 you might actually be in Maine. These divas need moisture and mild temps, neither of which we can provide. Around here, a rhododendron is basically a high-maintenance houseguest who immediately books a flight home.<\/p>\n
\ud83c\udf3c Dahlias<\/p>\n
Dahlias are the drama queens of the flower world \u2014 gorgeous but impossible. They want Goldilocks conditions: not too hot, not too cold, not too windy. In Lubbock, that means they\u2019re happy for maybe one Tuesday in April before they call it quits.<\/p>\n
\ud83c\udf3f Hybrid Clematis<\/p>\n
Clematis vines are beautiful \u2014 in theory. But in West Texas, the sun cooks them like toast and the wind untangles them faster than you can say \u201cmiracle grow.\u201d You can try to baby them, but honestly, you\u2019d have better luck training a raccoon to use the toilet.<\/p>\n
\ud83c\udf53 Rhubarb<\/p>\n
Every Midwest transplant thinks they\u2019ll be the one to grow rhubarb here. Spoiler alert: you won\u2019t. Rhubarb likes chilly nights and mild summers \u2014 not heat waves that feel like Satan\u2019s hair dryer. It\u2019s not a crop; it\u2019s a dream. And in Lubbock, dreams dry up by July.<\/p>\n
Did You Learn Something New?<\/p>\n
We know better. We do. And yet every spring, we load up our carts with hope and hydration, ready to wage war against the West Texas sun. Maybe we\u2019re gluttons for punishment, or maybe we just believe that someday, somehow, a peony will bloom on the South Plains \u2014 and we\u2019ll be there, sweating, crying, and posting about it on Facebook.<\/p>\n
Because in Lubbock, gardening isn\u2019t a hobby. It\u2019s an act of faith, and apparently, God has forgotten us…<\/p>\n
Keep scrolling for more Lubbock-based fun in the galleries below..<\/p>\n
Texas Tech Looks Rather Lovely Covered in Snow<\/p>\n
Lovely images of the Tech campus after a big snow.<\/p>\n
Gallery Credit: Chrissy<\/p>\n
5 Creative Ways to Get Your Lubbock Crush to Notice You Before V-Day<\/p>\n
Warning: You should never ever take my advice.<\/p>\n
Gallery Credit: Chrissy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There’s something about West Texans that makes us believe this year will be the year that we finally…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169,223],"class_list":["post-46192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}