Report 'Best Colors'

  • Product number: 195975
  • Origin: Eurasia
  • Latin: Atriplex hortensis

Orache yields edible leaves that can be prepared like spinach or stir-fried, and they retain their color. Its ornamental value is increasingly being discovered by garden enthusiasts and florists. This mixture produces green, yellow, and red leaves with graceful flower plumes in the same color combination.

Names:
Latin: Atriplex hortensis
Dutch: Melde
Also known as: Gemengde Tuinmelde
English: Orache, Mountain Spinach

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Sowing method: March-Sept., pre-sowing is allowed. Germination is slow and erratic, do not keep the seedlings too warm or give them a cold treatment (refrigerator) occasionally.

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Sowing/planting time:

  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September

Harvesting time:

  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November

Soil type:

  • All soil types

Cultivation location:

  • Outdoors
  • Outdoors warm / sheltered
  • Greenhouse

Position:

  • Sun
  • Partial shade
  • Flower colour: Elegant plumes of green, yellow, and red flowers
  • Origin: Eurasia
  • Average growth height: 90 to 120 cm
  • Annual or perennial: Annual
  • Attractive to insects: Various insects
  • Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
  • Ease of cultivation: Moderate
  • Latin: Atriplex hortensis
  • Dutch: Report
  • Also known as: Mixed Orach
  • English: Orache, Mountain Spinach
  • All year round

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