Olympia spinach
Spinacia oleracea 'Olympia'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer
Garden uses
Notes
'Olympia' spinach (Spinacia oleracea 'Olympia') is a vegetable for containers and food gardens. It is typically grown as an annual. It is one of the more cold-hardy crops and can keep growing through light freezes with some winter protection. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist soil. It grows rapidly and has an erect habit. This hybrid is ready to harvest in about 45 days.
Pairs well with Truchas lettuce, Bull's Blood beet, Moss Curled parsley, and Dukat dill.