{"id":6053,"date":"2013-06-30T09:58:03","date_gmt":"2013-06-30T08:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greensideup.ie\/?p=6053"},"modified":"2014-09-27T14:19:23","modified_gmt":"2014-09-27T13:19:23","slug":"calendula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greensideup.ie\/calendula\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Snap: Clever Calendula"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n A flower full of sunshine on a grey day.<\/p>\n Calendula (also known as Pot Marigold) is one of half a dozen varieties of annual flowers grown from seed in our garden. We add the vibrant petals to salads and one day I keep promising myself\u00a0I’ll make hand cream<\/a>\u00a0from the pretty blooms.\u00a0It’s been used medicinally for centuries<\/a> and can also act as a companion plant by attracting whitefly so is a great lure, keeping the tiny flies off your tomatoes or beans (make sure to wash before eating).\u00a0Are you a fan of this garden favourite?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The edible flower calendula has been grown and used medicinally for centuries, making it a welcome addition to our garden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[563],"tags":[2001,23,1779,1039,935,943],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n