Nemesis wild arugula
Diplotaxis tenuifolia 'Nemesis'
USDA zones5 to 9
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Bloom color
- Red
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Nemesis' wild arugula (Diplotaxis tenuifolia 'Nemesis') is an annual for low maintenance gardens. It shrugs off cool spells and light frost, though a hard freeze will damage it. This plant likes full sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It grows in a clump and has a rapid growth rate. Red-veined leaves make it striking, and bees visit the flowers in early to late summer.
Pairs well with Texas bluebonnet, Cowpea, and Feather reed grass.