General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Biennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Other: edible
Uses: Vegetable
Salad greens
Cooked greens
Suitable as Annual
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Swiss Chard

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Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-08-14
In the kitchen garden
Location: Pioneer Garden, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2023-04-13
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-10-11
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-08-14
In the kitchen garden
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-08-14
In the kitchen garden

Photo courtesy of Harris Seeds
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Photo courtesy of Harris Seeds
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Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2018-06-25
- A luscious and lovely Swiss Chard.
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