Strawberry spinach
- Product number: 001400
- Origin: Europe
- Latin: Chenopodium foliosum, or also Blitum virgatum
Old-fashioned and decorative, annual vegetable, making a comeback. The leaves can be harvested as spinach after 6 - 7 weeks. If the plant continues to grow, strawberry-like fruits will appear after 1-2 months! The difference with strawberry blight (C. capitatum) is the placement of the fruits, which are distributed along the stem followed by a few leaves. Decorative in dishes, but also a surprise as an ornamental plant. Use the fruits to color juices (in the blender) or as decoration in salads. You won't get much pleasure from (just) the fruits alone, as they taste rather neutral.
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Latin: Chenopodium foliosum, or also Blitum virgatum
Dutch: Aardbeispinazie
Also: Blitum virgatum
English: Strawberry Spinach
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- Flower colour: Greenish white
- Origin: Europe
- Average growth height: 30 to 60 cm
- Annual or perennial: Annual
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- Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
- Ease of cultivation: Easy
- Latin: Chenopodium foliosum, or also Blitum virgatum
- Dutch: Strawberry spinach
- Also known as: Blitum virgatum
- English: Strawberry Spinach
