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Chard: 5 Colours
Five Colours’ chard is a vibrant mix of red, pink, yellow, orange, and white stems, producing attractive, nutritious leaves over a long harvesting season. Hardy and productive, it’s perfect for Scottish gardens and ideal for beds, raised beds, or containers. Both decorative and delicious, this mix brings colour to the vegetable plot and the plate alike.
6 in stock
Description
- Best Grown: Outdoors in beds, raised beds, or large containers
- Sowing Time: April–July
- Plant Out: Direct sow outdoors or transplant seedlings
- Harvest Time: June–November (approx. 8–10 weeks from sowing, ongoing harvest)
- Spacing: Thin or plant 30 cm apart in rows 30–40 cm apart
- Height: Grows approx. 40–60 cm tall
- Difficulty: Easy
Why grow it?
- Colourful stems add beauty to the vegetable garden
- Cut-and-come-again crop with long harvest period
- Hardy and tolerant of cooler weather
- Nutritious leaves and stems
- Suitable for gardens or containers
How to grow: Sow directly outdoors April–July into well-prepared soil, sowing seeds around 2–3 cm deep. Thin seedlings to around 30 cm apart. Keep soil consistently moist, especially in dry spells. Harvest young leaves regularly to encourage fresh growth. Chard will often continue cropping well into autumn. This variety is not frost hardy, so grow other varieties if you would like to keep harvesting after the first hard frost.
Cooking / usage ideas: Use leaves like spinach in stir-fries, soups, or pies. Stems can be chopped and cooked separately or added to dishes for colour and texture.
Seeds per pack: 1 tsp seeds
