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Montiaceae
Cuban-spinach
Claytonia perfoliata
Also known as Talinum fruticosum, Limnia perfoliata, Montia perfoliata, Philippine spinach
Edibles & Herbs · Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Cuban Spinach · Miners Lettuce · Claytonia · Edible Green · Cool Season · Fast Growing · Shade Tolerant · Self Seeding · Salad Green · Montiaceae
Cuban-spinach (miner's lettuce) is a fast-growing cool-season green that thrives in partial shade with regular moisture. It self-seeds readily, making it an easy, rewarding addition to edible gardens or shaded borders. Harvest young leaves regularly to encourage continued growth.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water lightly but consistently; keep soil moist without saturating · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- White
- Foliage
- Green · Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Belgium, British Columbia, California, Chile South, Colorado, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, El Salvador, Falkland Is., Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Guatemala, Idaho, Italy
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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