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Green Stem Malabar Spinach Seeds
Fast-growing vine with ornamental and culinary qualities.
Item Number: 58415A
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Malabar Spinach or Basella alba is a vigorous climbing Asian vine, and will flourish in heat and humidity. The glossy, thick leaves look like spinach but with mild Swiss chard-like taste. Use the edible fresh leaves in salads or stir-fries. Malabar spinach is a fast-growing vine that has both ornamental and culinary qualities. A native of India, Malabar Spinach is a evergreen tender herb with densely twining, rambling stems will become thick and often require management to keep them in shape.
Key Attributes
Light Requirement
The amount of sunlight this product needs daily in order to perform well in the garden. Full sun means 6 hours of direct sun per day; partial sun means 2-4 hours of direct sun per day; shade means little or no direct sun.
Full sun
Lifecycle
This refers to whether a plant is an annual, biennial or perennial. Annuals complete their life cycles in one year; biennials produce foliage the first year and bloom and go to seed the second year; perennials can live for more than two years.
Annual
Sow Method
This refers to whether the seed should be sown early indoors and the seedlings transplanted outside later, or if the seed should be sown directly in the garden at the recommended planting time.
Outdoor
Mature Spread
The width of the plant at maturity.
6 ft
Days to Maturity
The average number of days from when the plant is actively growing in the garden to the expected time of harvest.
60
Mature Height
The typical height of this product at maturity.
7 ft
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Average Last Frost
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