A fine sturdy vegetable kind to inexperienced gardeners it is also a source of iron. Plant Spring to Autumn this plant provides structure to garden beds and a plentiful harvest for the kitchen. Silverbeet is quite a heavy feeder so lots of compost and regular watering.
- Type
- Exotic
- Maintenance
- High
- Lifecycle
- Annual
- Container
- Zero
- Size
- Small shrubs 0.5 - 3 metres
- Root size
- Less than 2.5m (safe)
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Zones
- Moist tropical, Semi-arid with summer rain, Moist temperate with hot summers, Arid interior, Semi-arid with winter rain, Moist temperate with warm summers, Winter rains with dry summers
- Regions
- Edible plants
- Shade levels
- Full sun