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Swiss Chard 'Bright Lights'

Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla var. flavescens | Leaf Beet, Spinach Beet

£3.49

86% (21 Reviews)

Awarded an RHS Award of Garden Merit

A rainbow of coloured stems

Deliciously mild flavour, packed with nutritional content

Tasty and nutritious

This product is produced and supplied in association with Thompson & Morgan

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This exciting RHS AGM Swiss Chard, produces a rainbow of coloured stems that are crowned with large leaves of green or bronze. The flavour is deliciously mild and packed with nutritional content. Swiss Chard 'Bright Lights' can be harvested from mid-summer to late autumn, and if soils are not excessively wet overwinter, it will re-emerge to give an unbelievably early spring crop! Guaranteed lo brighten the vegetable patch, or why not grow this colourful swiss chard in ornamental borders or in a patio container? Height: 50cm (20"). Spread: 40cm (16").

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1 Packet (80 Seeds) (23561)

Height: 50cm (20""). Spread: 40cm (16"").

Direct sow seed outdoors from March to July, in a well prepared, moist, fertile seedbed in full sun or partial shade. Sow seeds thinly at a depth of 1cm (1/2") in drills 30cm (12") apart. Thin seedlings to 7cm (3") apart for 'baby leaves' which will be ready to harvest approximately 50 days from sowing. For larger chards/leaves thin to 15cm (6") apart, or 23cm (9") for mature plants.

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