LONG TERM OUT OF STOCK
SOLD OUT
OUT OF STOCK
AVAILABLE SPRING
AVAILABLE SUMMER
AVAILABLE AUTUMN
AVAILABLE WINTER
WINTER DORMANT
AVAILABLE SOON
Chenopodium album
Stunning version of wild Lamb’s Quarters with brilliant magenta colouring. Also known as tree spinach. Contains the highest vegetable levels of beta carotene. Use young leaves raw in salads, older leaves steamed like spinach. The largest leaves can be stuffed like vine leaves (with rice etc.) and baked. Full sun. Height 2m. Will self seed so cut the head off before seeds form if you do not want a host of volunteers next spring! However the young seedlings are easy to recognise and weed out if you want to. We let them go for it wherever they seed in an ‘appropriate’ spot (by our definition!) and have a continual supply of drought hardy nutritious summer salad greens, with no watering and no work – what’s not to like?! last but not least, the underside of the leaves is covered in pink ‘fairydust’ – the kids love it!
9cm pot. Certified organic plants. Available mid Spring through Jan/Feb.
N.B. Shipping costs are added AFTER you have placed your order, you will then be emailed an invoice with bank details.
Smallest box rate:
This can fit up to 9 plants in 9cm pots.
Shipping a single tree can be expensive. We may be able to fit more in the box for the same price! See our shipping rates for single and multi tree boxes.
Combining sizes?
No problem, we will work out the best rate for you once you’ve placed your order.
Jo has a passion for growing herbs but is not a qualified herbalist and has no medical background.
We are lucky to have Patricia Beagle working here at times, who is qualified, and some of her advice does appear on these pages, but herbs act differently for different people and can interact with other medicines. We therefore always recommend that you consult with your own qualified health-care practitioner before using herbal products, particularly if you are pregnant, nursing or on any medications.
Kahikatea Farm cannot take any responsibility for any adverse effects from the use of the plants or a plant not having the effect it is reputed to have.
