USDA Certified Organic. This is the deepest, darkest red of all the orach varieties available. It has true magenta red coloration that makes it a lively addition to any salad. Picked young it is tender and some salad mix growers are finding it to be an indispensable item in their market mix. This slightly spicy upright growing plant holds its flavor even as the plants mature. Miners would traditionally eat secondary orach leaves in salads even as the plants went to seed. Holds it's flavor well through summer heat. CULTURE: (Atriplex hortensis) Direct seed at 2" spacing in spring for summer and fall harvest. Thin to 9", eating thinnings.
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