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Amaranthaceae
Garden orache
Atriplex hortensis
Also known as Mountain spinach, French spinach, Saltbush, Atriplex heterantha
Edibles & Herbs · Native Plants · Orache · Edible-Leaf · Cool-Season · Salad-Green · Heirloom · Ornamental-Foliage · Annual · Fast-Growing · Vegetable-Garden · Spinach-Substitute
Garden orache is an easy-to-grow cool-season leafy green that thrives in full sun to partial shade with moderate, consistent watering. Sow directly into fertile, well-draining soil and harvest young leaves regularly to encourage fresh growth and prevent early bolting. Its attractive red and green foliage makes it as ornamental as it is edible.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- 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
- Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Assam, Austria, Baleares, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, Chile Central
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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