Orach 'Ruby Red'
Orach 'Ruby Red' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
A very ornamental edible plant with stems and leaves of vibrant crimson, 'Ruby Red' makes an eye-catching, waist-high plume in the garden. It is in the same family as spinach and native to Europe and Asia. Young, tender leaves and sprouts are a luminous red and can be used in salads and salad mixes or grown as a microgreen. Older leaves fade to green and have a spinach-like flavour, cook as a nutritious leafy green. It is a good late summer pollen source for beneficial insects. 'Ruby Red' produces tall flower spikes with seeds that start deep crimson and fade to tan. The flower spikes can be used in fresh flower and dried flower arrangements. Heat and wind tolerant and slow to bolt.
Product: Orach 'Ruby Red'
Product type: SEED (100)
Botanical name: Atriplex hortensis
Syn.: Syn. Mountain Spinach.
A very ornamental edible plant with stems and leaves of vibrant crimson, 'Ruby Red' makes an eye-catching, waist-high plume in the garden. It is in the same family as spinach and native to Europe and Asia. Young, tender leaves and sprouts are a luminous red and can be used in salads and salad mixes or grown as a microgreen. Older leaves fade to green and have a spinach-like flavour, cook as a nutritious leafy green. It is a good late summer pollen source for beneficial insects. Tall flower spikes with deep crimson seeds can be used in fresh flower and dried flower arrangements. Heat and wind tolerant and slow to bolt.
Plant type: Warm season annual
Plant height: 1m when in flower
Sow when: Germinate best at 20 - 27°C soil temp.
Temperate: Spring to autumn
Subtropical: Spring, autumn if frost-free
Tropical: April - August
Germination: 7 - 14 days
Depth: 1 cm deep; firm down and keep moist
Position: Full sun
Sow where: Sow direct into warm soil
Soil type: Fertile, well-drained soil; pH 5.5 - 6
Details: Self-sows readily
Harvest: Pick young leaves when plant is 20 cm tall; whole stems when 30 cm tall. (38 days)
*Good for bees
100 seeds per packet
Atriplex hortensis
Syn. Mountain Spinach.
Warm season annual
Orach 'Ruby Red'
A very ornamental edible plant with stems and leaves of vibrant crimson, 'Ruby Red' makes an eye-catching, waist-high plume in the garden. It is in the same family as spinach and native to Europe and Asia. Young, tender leaves and sprouts are a luminous red and can be used in salads and salad mixes or grown as a microgreen. Older leaves fade to green and have a spinach-like flavour, cook as a nutritious leafy green. It is a good late summer pollen source for beneficial insects. 'Ruby Red' produces tall flower spikes with seeds that start deep crimson and fade to tan. The flower spikes can be used in fresh flower and dried flower arrangements. Heat and wind tolerant and slow to bolt.