Description
(Brassica rapa var. perviridis ‘Red’ )
This is a classic leafy Japanese vegetable that the US often call Japanese Mustard Spinach. It is a fast-growing vegetable with attractive red, green foliage and can be grown all year round in temperate and subtropical areas.
Flavours/Food Partners:
This versatile vegetable partners well with simple herbs like parsley, chives, and onions but also goes well with Asian type flavours like laksa leaf, coriander, ginger, garlic and chilli.
Health/Cooking/Medicinal:
This is a real multi-tasking vegetable that can be used in salads, stir-fries, and steamed as a side dish. Use in salads with a mixture of sweet herbs like mint, lime verbena and lime juice. Healthy vegetable that is high in iron. Do not overcook.
Landscaping/Planting:
Plant in sunny position in well drained but moist soil. Also suited to large pots.
Cultivation/Fertiliser:
Harvest young leaves regularly and remove flower stems as they appear. The more you harvest the better it produces. Fertilise with Seasol and Powerfeed regularly.
Herb Attributes
| Position | FULL SUN, MODERATE FROST |
|---|---|
| Height | 45CM |
| Width | 30CM |
