Firebird swiss chard
Beta vulgaris 'Firebird'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Red, green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam
- Soil pH
- Alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Notes
'Firebird' Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris 'Firebird') is a vegetable for food gardens, borders, and containers. It is typically grown as an annual. It shrugs off cool spells and light frost, though a hard freeze will damage it. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy or loamy soil. The leaves and petioles are dark red, so it adds color to a bed as well as to the harvest.
Pairs well with Buttercrunch lettuce, Spinach, Santo cilantro, and Crokini F1 tomato.