Tree Spinach Plant Promotions%Spring Flowering Bulbs for Naturalising Heavy-cropping variety

Heavy-cropping variety

and can usually cope with temperatures down to -5C if grown in a sunny sheltered spot in well-drained soil

Water every 2-3 days and more frequently if sunny to prevent drying out

Phlox ‘Fashionably Early Flamingo’ is very free-flowering

Tree Spinach Plant Promotions%Spring Flowering Bulbs for Naturalising Heavy-cropping varietyEdible annual plant Pink tinged young leaves make a good spinach substitute Small yellow green flowers in summer Can be treated as cut and come again salad crop Steamed and topped with melted butter, the pink tinged young leaves of tree spinach make a tasty substitute for spinach or chard, and theyre also delicious eaten raw in salads. Pick regularly for a constant supply of tender young leaves, or leave the plant to grow tall as an ornamental border