Red

Beautiful purple leaves and red stems. Use as a leaf vegetable or ornamental. Pinch off flowering stalks as they appear to encourage new, tender shoots and leaves. Earthy flavor. Vigorous plants will grow well in areas with hot summers and survive light frosts. Acquired by SSE from the Abundant Life Seed Foundation (CV Abu) in the mid to late 1980s, who offered this variety sporadically from at least 1981-2002. Orach has long been cultivated in the U.S. The red or purple form was listed by Bernard McMahon in his American Gardener's Calendar, 1806. SSE Accession # 114502