Swiss Chard Five Color Silverbeet
This bright color mix provides colorful stems and leaves, often with deep red veins. Not only colorful, the stems and leaves provide delicious flavor packed with nutrition. Enjoy tender, baby greens in as little as 20 days. A welcome addition to vegetable gardens, flower beds, and containers.
Variety Info
- Days to Maturity: 20–60 days
- Family:Â Amaranthaceae
- Native:Â Mediterranean region, Europe
- Hardiness:Â Biennial; fairly cold tolerant. Will overwinter in mild climates and withstand light to moderate freezes.
- Exposure:Â Full sun to part shade
- Plant Dimensions:Â Up to 20″ tall
- Variety Info:Â Tall, wide, fan-like, savoyed (crinkled) green leaves, and a thick, crunchy stalk that can be white, red, orange, or other colors depending on the variety. The petioles (leafstalks) can be yellow, gold, orange, pink, crimson, or white, sometimes streaked with color.
- Attributes:Â Frost Tolerant
Sowing Info
- When to Sow Outside: RECOMMENDED. 2 to 4 weeks before your average last frost date, and when soil temperature is at least 40#176;F, ideally 75°–90°F. Sow as late as 2 months before first fall frost. Mild Climates: Sow in fall.
- When to Start Inside:Â 4 to 6 weeks before transplanting out, 2 to 4 weeks before your average last frost date (protect from heavy freezes).
- Days to Emerge: 5–10 days
- Seed Depth: ½”
- Seed Spacing:Â A group of 2 seeds every 8″
- Row Spacing:Â 18″
- Thinning: When ½” tall, thin to 1 every 8″
