{"id":615,"date":"2012-09-05T07:37:17","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T07:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/?p=615"},"modified":"2012-09-13T09:23:51","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T09:23:51","slug":"sage-purple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/sage-purple\/","title":{"rendered":"Sage &#8211; Purple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Common Name:<\/strong> Purple Sage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Latin Name:<\/strong> Salvia officinalis \u2018Purpurascens\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description:<\/strong> Small, woody shrub with velvety, purple-grey leaves and purple-blue flowers in spring. Perennial. 60cm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Harvesting:<\/strong> Start harvesting early. Leaves can be dried or frozen for up to 6 months.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Results:<\/strong> Give a deep soaking once a week and provide a complete fertiliser in spring.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uses:<\/strong> Leaves used in stuffing and in meat dishes, especially with poultry and pork. Sage tea can be used as a gargle for sore throats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Companion:<\/strong> Attracts nectar-loving birds, butterflies, and hoverflies to the garden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Common Name: Purple Sage Latin Name: Salvia officinalis \u2018Purpurascens\u2019 Description: Small, woody shrub with velvety, purple-grey leaves and purple-blue flowers in spring. Perennial. 60cm. Harvesting: Start harvesting early. Leaves can be dried or frozen for up to 6 months. Best Results: Give a deep soaking once a week and provide a complete fertiliser in spring. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}