Atriplex hortensis 'Red Plume'
Garden Orache
An erect, clump forming plant with dark red to dark purple leaves and tall dense spikes of tiny red-purple flowers. This can be an ornamental plant in which case it can go on to flower but if used for cooking the growing tips have to be pinched out to stop the plant flowering.
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Full sun
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Occasional watering
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A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
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Free draining
Common name
Garden Orache
Latin name
Atriplex hortensis 'Red Plume'
type
Annual
family
Amaranthaceae
ph
5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
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When to harvest
full grown dimensions
Atriplex hortensis 'Red Plume'
An erect, clump forming plant with dark red to dark purple leaves and tall dense spikes of tiny red-purple flowers. This can be an ornamental plant in which case it can go on to flower but if used for cooking the growing tips have to be pinched out to stop the plant flowering.
Flowering Season
From Early Summer TO Late Summer
Tall dense spikes of tiny red-purple flowers.
Planting Season
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Plant container grown plants out in spring.
Propagation by seed
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Sow seeds in situ spring.