New Zealand Spinach / Malabar Spinach - Tetragonia tetragonioides- Vegetable - 50 Seeds mugwort This is an erect

This is an erect

and can make an interesting subject for a bonsai

5m with a simple/branched stem and rosettes of spotted leaves and orange to red flowers in Winter

75 days to maturity

Sometimes this species will suddenly start to look yellowish

New Zealand Spinach / Malabar Spinach - Tetragonia tetragonioides- Vegetable - 50 Seeds mugwort This is an erectNot a true spinach. It provides a large amount of leaves for salads and cooked greens in mid summer. Once it is established it is vigorous and trouble free. The flavour is better if the plants have some shade from the sun. Pick the leaves and young shoots of this trailing plant regularly to lengthen the harvest. New Zealand Spinach is perennial in mild winters. Quite difficult to germinate so the seeds need to be soaked in warm water to soften the