Origin
Mediterranean
Light
Full sun
Watering
Weekly
Care
Moderate
Flowering
Flowering
Edible & Fruit
Blette
White, yellow or scarlet stalks and broad green leaves: two vegetables on one plant, for six months.
Care Profile
A guide to ensuring your botanical companion thrives.
Origin
Mediterranean
Light
Full sun
Watering
Weekly
Maintenance
Easy
The beetroot's forgotten sister
Chard and beetroot are the same botanical species: one was selected for its leaves and stalks, the other for its swollen root.
The leaf form is the older one: Greeks and Romans already grew it, long before the root took on the importance it has today.
"Same plant as beetroot, different part eaten."
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Styling Tip 01
Cut and it regrows
Take the outer leaves at the base: the heart keeps producing all summer and often until frost.
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Styling Tip 02
Clustered seed
Each "seed" is really a cluster holding several embryos: thin to one plant every thirty centimetres.
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Styling Tip 03
Heat tolerant
Unlike spinach it doesn't bolt at the first hot spell: it is the leaf crop of dry summers.
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Origin
Mediterranean
Light
Full sun
Watering
Rarely
Care
Easy
Flowering
Flowering