{"id":234,"date":"2012-08-31T02:34:15","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T02:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/?p=234"},"modified":"2012-08-31T06:56:36","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T06:56:36","slug":"basil-columnar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/basil-columnar\/","title":{"rendered":"Basil Columnar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Common Name:\u00a0<\/strong>Basil Columnar<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description:\u00a0<\/strong>Largest growing of all basils. Grows into a stunning column with shiny, dark green leaves packed with flavour. Perfect for balconies or makes a stunning annual hedge. Annual. 120cm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Harvesting<\/strong>Harvest frequently and remove flowers to encourage new growth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Results:\u00a0<\/strong>The more basil is harvested, the more it should be fertilised. Add lots of organic matter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uses:\u00a0<\/strong>Use leaves in salads, tomato dishes, sauces, herb oils &amp; vinegar. This is the largest growing of all basils so is perfect for pesto.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Companion:\u00a0<\/strong>Basil is one of the best insect repellent plants so include several of these around the patio area or grow near doors and windows. Plant near tomato &amp; capsicum to improve growth. Repels houseflies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Common Name:\u00a0Basil Columnar Description:\u00a0Largest growing of all basils. Grows into a stunning column with shiny, dark green leaves packed with flavour. Perfect for balconies or makes a stunning annual hedge. Annual. 120cm. HarvestingHarvest frequently and remove flowers to encourage new growth. Best Results:\u00a0The more basil is harvested, the more it should be fertilised. Add lots [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,4,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}