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Convolvulaceae
Chinese water-spinach
Ipomoea aquatica
Also known as Swamp cabbage, Water morning glory, Kangkong
Tropical Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Native Plants · Aquatic · Tropical · Edible Leaf · Water Spinach · Leafy Green · Food Crop · Wetland · Fast Growing · Asian Vegetable · Kangkong
Chinese water-spinach is a fast-growing tropical leafy vegetable that thrives in warm, wet conditions and can be grown in boggy garden beds, containers, or even shallow water. Provide full sun and keep the soil or growing medium consistently moist to wet for the best leaf production. Harvest stems and leaves regularly to encourage bushy, continued growth and enjoy them as a nutritious stir-fry green.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 7 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently wet or grow in shallow standing water; this plant thrives in aquatic or semi-aquatic conditions · Every 2-3 days or keep roots in shallow water
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Angola, Aruba, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I.
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds
Sources: trefle, usda
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