{"id":366,"date":"2016-09-02T11:59:32","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T15:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cherokee\/?p=366"},"modified":"2018-04-18T10:05:45","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T14:05:45","slug":"plant-profile-red-malabar-spinach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cherokee\/2016\/09\/plant-profile-red-malabar-spinach\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant Profile: Red Malabar Spinach"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Red Malabar Spinach (Basella alba var. rubra) is a heat loving summer green that thrives when other leafy greens melt away in our Georgia heat. Germination is a bit slow and it takes a few weeks after germination before it starts running. \u00a0But once it does, watch out! \u00a0It does great on a trellis or arbor but can also quickly cover an area as a groundcover. \u00a0Native to Asia, it is a perennial in tropical climates but will be a great summer annual here in zone 7a. \u00a0Malabar is easy to grow as it has few insect pests, diseases and low water requirements. \u00a0The leaves and stems are high in vitamins A and C and go well in salads and stir fries. \u00a0The flower structures are somewhat showy and are visited by bees.<\/p>\n

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Planted here on a metal obelisk, the plant mixes well in an ornamental setting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Red Malabar Spinach (Basella alba var. rubra) is a heat loving summer green that thrives when other leafy greens melt away in our Georgia heat. Germination is a bit slow and it takes a few weeks after germination before it starts running. \u00a0But once it does, watch out! \u00a0It does great on a trellis or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":367,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,39,162,35,4,67],"tags":[168,8,166,163,164,165,167],"class_list":["post-366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-annual-plantings","category-beneficial-insects","category-edible-landscape","category-home-gardening","category-home-landscape","category-plant-profile","tag-climbing-plants","tag-edible-landscaping","tag-heat-loving-greens","tag-malabar-spinach","tag-plant-profile","tag-summer-greens","tag-trailing-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cherokee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cherokee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cherokee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cherokee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cherokee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cherokee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":379,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cherokee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366\/revisions\/379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cherokee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cherokee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cherokee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/cherokee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}