spinach
Spinacia oleracea
USDA zones2 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size6 to 12 inches tall6 to 12 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Bloom color
- Yellow, green, insignificant
- Foliage color
- Green
Garden uses
Notes
Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) is a vegetable for food gardens, containers, and shade 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 stays 6 to 12 inches tall and wide, and it grows at a rapid pace.
Pairs well with Parris Island lettuce, Touchstone Gold beet, and Moss Curled parsley.
Native range
Central Asia to SW. Siberia.