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Orach, Green Mountain Spinach

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Description

Atriplex hortensis

Vibrant green leaves make an excellent addition to salads! Eat raw or cooked.

A great plant for permaculture gardens where it can naturalize and you can pick what you like! Yummy leaves for raw eating or cooked. Young, green seed stalks make a striking cut flower. 3-6’ tall at seeding stage. Open-pollinated.

Seeds grown by Bluebird Forest Garden in Orofino, Idaho.

150 seeds.

Directions: Direct seed in early spring through fall. 28 days for baby, 45 for full size.

Planting Depth

Seed Spacing

Days to Germination

Days to Maturity

¼”

2”

7-14

28-45

 

This orach seed contains chaff. Before purchasing, please see photo. These seeds must be seeded by hand, and will not work with a seeder. If you need seeds without chaff, we recommend purchasing purple orach from Grand Prismatic Seed.