SEEDS AVAILABLE:
- Sow 3 weeks before the last frost - or direct sow in fall, or permit annual plants to self-sow
- Easy warm germinator
- 7-14 days to germination
- 50 seeds
PLANT PROFILE:
Annual
Height: 180 cm [6 ft]
Spread: 90 cm [3 ft]
Bloom: Very small, lavender flowers in long clusters at leaf nodes (become large, papery seeds that freely distribute themselves, if allowed)
Foliage: Dark red to green-red
Light: Full sun
Soil: Not rich, well-drained
Garden Location: Anywhere you want a tall rosy-red accent plant!
Atriplex hortensis 'Red Flash' (Red orach, Mountain spinach)
C$5.00Price
Colourful, edible, and high in vitamins. Use young leaves in salad; cook older leaves like spinach. Rich umami taste due to natural salts that concentrate in leaves. Do not grow this plant where artificial nitrates have been added to the soil as the plants' leaves will also retain these minerals.
