Okinawa Spinach is an ideal leafy green for any garden or food forest. In Florida, it can be grown all year. The leaves are a dark green with a purple belly bringing unique color  contrasts in foodscapes. We like growing this plant as a low lying hedge in shady areas. Fall orange blooms also add a nice color to an almost dormant landscape. 
 
This perennial spinach is  truely a good food forest or foodscape food source. It grows quickly and in lots of different conditions. When you harvest, take 6" clippings. Remove all the leaves for your kitchen, and then place the clipping in a cup of water to root another plant. You will have a true "forest" of okinawa spinach soon!
 
Edible Uses:
Leaves can be eaten raw in salads or cooked in stirfry. Leaves can also be used to add nutrition to shakes.
Tender stems can be used to replace celery in most recipes
 
Native to Southeast Asia
Grows best in partial shade-full shade
Tolerates most soil types.
Grows up to around 3' tall
Pruning / harvesting encourages bushier look
Grows best in zones 9-11 as an outdoor perennial and up to zone 4 in either pots or as an annual
 
Comes in Sizes:
1 gal
Rooted Cutting in soil wrapped in plastic
Rooted Cutting shipped as bare root to save on shipping costs
 
Shipping materials are recycled. Please feel free to compost our shredded paper we use for cushioning. The package and loose-fill packing may have been reused. Feel free to reuse again, use as mulch, compost, or recycle.
 
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Seed packets ship any day of the week and are commonly shipped in envelopes paid by stamp. There will be no tracking information for seed packets shipped in this way. Customers will be notified when seed packets are sent. 
 
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