Atriplex hortensis 'Red Plume'
- Product number: 507500
- Origin: Europe
- Latin: Atriplex hortensis
Highly decorative brownish-red sorrel-like garden plant. This ancient leafy vegetable is eaten like spinach. The young leaves can also be added to salads. It blooms with brownish-red plumes. Grows very easily in any location. After flowering, the plant readily self-seeds. Unwanted plants are easy to weed. Height 150 cm.
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Latin: Atriplex hortensis
Dutch: Rode Melde
Also known as: Rode melde
English: Red Plum
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- Flower colour: Brown-red plumes
- Origin: Europe
- Average growth height: More than 120 cm
- Annual or perennial: Annual
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- Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
- Ease of cultivation: Easy
- Latin: Atriplex hortensis
- Dutch: Red Orach
- Also known as: Red orach
- English: Red Plum
