Report 'Red'

  • Product number: 197000
  • Origin: Europe
  • Latin: Atriplex hortensis

Very decorative reddish-brown sorrel-like garden plant. This old leafy vegetable is eaten like spinach and does not lose its color. The young leaves can also be added to salads. It blooms with reddish-brown plumes. It grows very easily in any location. After flowering, the plant readily self-seeds. Unwanted plants are easy to weed. Height 150 cm.

Names:
Latin: Atriplex hortensis
Dutch: Melde
Also known as: 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

Soil type:

  • All soil types

Cultivation location:

  • Outdoors
  • Outdoors warm / sheltered

Position:

  • Sun
  • Partial shade
  • Flower colour: Brownish-red plumes
  • Origin: Europe
  • Average growth height: More than 120 cm
  • Annual or perennial: Annual
  • Attractive to insects: N/A
  • Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
  • Ease of cultivation: Easy
  • Latin: Atriplex hortensis
  • Dutch: Report
  • Also known as: Garden orach
  • English: Orach, Mountain Spinach
  • All year round

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