Another english garden staple it is worth noting some strains are much less bitter than others, and baby spinach leaves are mild enough to eat uncooked in salads. This is a valuable cool season vegetable in temperate climes, planted in Autumn, Winter and early Spring.
- Type
- Exotic
- Maintenance
- High
- Lifecycle
- Annual
- Container
- Zero
- Size
- Grass and Groundcover
- Root size
- Less than 2.5m (safe)
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Zones
- 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