Beta trigyna Caucasian Wild Beet
25 seeds per packet.
A perennial native to Europe and Asia, rarely grown in cultivation, that produces large, grey-green, edible, sword-shaped leaves and highly ornamental, towering spikes of long lasting, white flowers from May into July. The leaves can be eaten raw in a salad or cooked and used as an alternative to spinach. The plant is visually amazing in a border or wild garden and the insects just adore it. We really can't praise this plant enough! Height 1 metre. Ideally grown in moisture retentive, well-drained soil in sun, though it thrives in our heavy clay.
GROWING INSTRUCTIONS:
Can be sown from autumn to June. Seeds have hard seed coats. Soak seeds for 48 hours. Score seed coat carefully with a knife. Cover seed thinly, press in gently and keep top of compost from drying out. Keep in a cold frame. Seed can be slow to germinate.
Carefully prick out seedlings when they have developed true leaves and are large enough to transplant to individual pots to grow on.