Waitrose Garden Leaf Beet Rhubarb Chard

Position full sun Soil any except waterlogged soils A big sturdy handsome plant forming clumps of purple-tinged leaves with vivid crimson midribs that glow in sunshine. The taste is rich and earthy – like a cross between beetroot and spinach. Pick leaves young and eat raw for a ...Position full sun Soil any except waterlogged soils A big sturdy handsome plant forming clumps of purple-tinged leaves with vivid crimson midribs that glow in sunshine.

The taste is rich and earthy – like a cross between beetroot and spinach. Pick leaves young and eat raw for a colourful salad ingredient or cook leaves and midribs separately as a dual-purpose side vegetable. The midribs make a tasty and colourful substitute for celery in cooking Growing Instructions In spring make a drill 2cm deep and sow seeds about 20cm apart.

Cover lightly with soil and water in. Seeds can produce multiple seedlings so thin to leave one plant to mature at each spot.