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Brassicaceae
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Arugula is a peppery leafy green, perfect for salads, sandwiches, pizzas, pestos, and fresh cuisine. Its rapid growth allows for successive plantings throughout the season.
Hardiness
Zone 4 and above
Difficulty level
Easy
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Family
Brassicaceae
Arugula is an annual vegetable plant highly prized for its fresh, peppery, and slightly pungent green, lobed leaves. Easy to integrate into vegetable gardens, edible planters, window boxes, and patio containers, it offers a quick harvest of flavorful young leaves. It's ideal for adding character to salads, sandwiches, pizzas, pasta, Buddha bowls, pestos, garnishes, and summer recipes.
Easy to grow, arugula prefers a spot with gentle sun or partial shade, in fertile, cool, well-drained soil. It grows quickly and benefits from regular watering to keep its foliage tender, less tough, and less bitter. As it can bolt faster in warm weather, it's recommended to cultivate it in spring, late summer, or sow successively to prolong the harvest.
Productive, flavorful, and very practical in the kitchen, arugula is perfect for gardeners looking for an easy-to-grow leafy green. Young leaves offer a milder flavor, while more mature leaves develop a bolder taste. It's an excellent plant for enriching a gourmet garden, an urban vegetable patch, or container growing with a fresh, quick, and flavorful harvest.
Planting guide
From planting to establishment.
Propagation
Direct seeding
Soil and care
The right conditions.
Soil pH
Slightly acidic to neutral
Hardiness zone
Zone 4 and above
Minimum temperature
32 °F
Fertilization
Compost at sowing; light fertilization after harvesting
Seasonal care
Harvest young leaves regularly; sow every 2 to 3 weeks; protect from excessive heat to prevent bolting
Container growing
A controlled environment.
Excellent pot culture in a well-drained container
Bloom and dimensions
The complete profile.
Flower color
Creamy white to pale yellow
Foliage color
Green
Foliage type
Obsolete
Growth rate
Rapid growth
Bloom period
Summer if bloomed
Fruiting
Seeds in pods late in the season
Maximum height
20 to 40 cm (8 to 16 inches)
Maximum width
20 to 30 cm (8 to 12 inches)
Garden associations
What to plant with it.
Vegetable garden, salad, balcony, container, quick-growing, edible garden
Its strengths, naturally.
Not recommended for pets
Pets
