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Yellow Swiss chard

Name: Yellow Swiss chard
Brand: Norseco
SKU: NOR-69-1059-502
Price: 5.19 CAD
Availability: InStock

Latin name Beetroot

Quantity per packet Approximately 125 seeds

Product information

Product
identification

Latin nameBeetroot

FamilyAmaranthaceae

TypeVegetable

CycleBiennial

Quantity per packApproximately 125 seeds

Code produitWHPER-0012

Product
description

Yellow Swiss chard brightens up the vegetable garden with the vividness of its golden stalks and the freshness of its bright green foliage, creating a contrast that is as decorative as it is nourishing. Easy to grow, this generous variety offers a prolonged harvest, perfect for gardeners who enjoy regularly picking tender leaves throughout the season. Its mild flavor, reminiscent of spinach but with more character, makes it a versatile vegetable that is just as pleasant raw as young shoots as it is cooked in stir-fries, soups, and gratins. In the garden, it adapts equally well to sunny vegetable patches and lightly shaded areas, where it maintains good vigor when the soil remains rich and moist. Its presence adds a true ornamental dimension to garden beds, to the point that it easily finds its place in decorative edible gardens. Undemanding, it rewards simple maintenance with abundant and colorful foliage that constantly renews the desire to harvest. Its flowers, if left to go to seed in the second year, can also support a certain biodiversity in the garden. Yellow Swiss chard is thus a variety that is both beautiful, productive, and highly nutritious, ideal for enriching the vegetable garden with color, mildness, and vitality.

Sowing
guide

Sowing periodFrom the start of the season, in direct drilling

Sowing depth0.6 to 0.8 in. (1.5 to 2 cm)

Germination temperature10 to 25 °C (50 to 77 °F)

Germination time7 to 14 days

Soil
and care

ExposureSun to partial shade

Soil

Rich, friable, and well-drained

Watering

Regular

Container
growing

true

Bloom,
harvest
and garden

Garden use

salad, stir-fry, gratin, vegetable garden

Bloom period

Second year

Harvest

Continuous harvesting of leaves from summer onwards

Size
and facts

Height30 to 60 cm (12 to 24 in)

Spread30 to 40 cm (12 to 16 in.)

Planting
partners

Good companions

garlic, carrot, bean, cabbage, onion

Avoid planting with

beet, cucumber, corn, melon, potato, tomato

The availability of our seeds varies depending on seasonal availability, production schedules and supplier inventory. Certain varieties may only be offered for a limited time based on their natural growth cycle, sowing period or available stock. These product pages are designed to help and inspire gardeners in choosing the right seeds for vegetable gardens, flower beds, pollinator gardens, container growing, naturalization projects and sustainable outdoor spaces.