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Brassicaceae
White rocket
Diplotaxis erucoides
Also known as Erucastrum erucoides, Garden rocket, Sisymbrium erucoides, Euzomum erucoides
Native Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Edible · Rocket · Arugula Relative · Brassica · Mediterranean · Herb · Annual · Self-Seeding · White Flowers · Kitchen Garden
White rocket is a fast-growing Mediterranean annual herb in the mustard family, producing small white flowers and edible peppery leaves similar to arugula. It prefers full sun to partial shade in well-drained, fertile soil and self-seeds readily, making it an easy addition to kitchen or cottage gardens. Harvest young leaves regularly to encourage continued growth and prevent premature bolting.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately until soil is evenly moist; allow top inch to dry before rewatering · Every 7-10 days; drought tolerant once established
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–8
- Temperature
- -10°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 2a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 10 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Algeria, Argentina Northwest, Baleares, California, Corse, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Great Britain, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Lebanon-Syria, Masachusettes, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, QuéBec, Romania
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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