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Leafy vegetables

Leafy vegetables brings together 31 plant profiles with cultivation data, care guidance, and calendar windows. Typical sowing windows include February - October. Harvest is especially relevant in January - December. Common site needs: Full sun to partial shade. Useful edible parts: Flower buds, flower buds, flower spikes, Flowers.

Overview

Leafy vegetables Data quality

Plants

31

Light

Full sun to partial shade

Water

high, low, medium

Edible part

Flower buds, flower buds, flower spikes, Flowers, Head, head

Container suitable

27 / 31

Overview

Leafy vegetables: Use & selection

When to grow

Sowing: February - October; harvest: January - December.

Choose the site

Site values: Full sun to partial shade; water: high, low, medium.

Use & selection

Useful parts: Flower buds, flower buds, flower spikes, Flowers, Head; container suitable: 27 of 31 plants.

Plants in this category

Calendar

Leafy vegetables Season pages

Direct sowing

February - October

Planting

March - October

Harvest

January - December

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Plants

Leafy vegetables discover

Arugula plant card: Vegetables, Mustard family, Harvest May - October

Arugula

Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa

Vegetables Mustard family

Bok choy plant card: Vegetables, Cabbage family, Harvest May - July, September - November

Bok choy

Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis

Vegetables Cabbage family

buck's-horn plantain plant card: Vegetables, Plantain family, Harvest April - October

buck's-horn plantain

Plantago coronopus

Vegetables Plantain family

Butterhead lettuce plant card: Vegetables, Aster family, Harvest May - October

Butterhead lettuce

Lactuca sativa var. capitata

Vegetables Aster family

cardoon plant card: Vegetables, daisy family, Harvest July - October

cardoon

Cynara cardunculus

Vegetables daisy family

Choy Sum plant card: Vegetables, Mustard family, Harvest May - November

Choy Sum

Brassica rapa var. parachinensis

Vegetables Mustard family

Cichorium endivia plant card: Vegetables, Aster family, Full sun to partial shade

Cichorium endivia

Cichorium endivia

Vegetables Aster family

Common chicory plant card: Vegetables, Aster family, Harvest May - October

Common chicory

Cichorium intybus

Vegetables Aster family

Common Purslane plant card: Vegetables, Purslanes, Harvest June - October

Common Purslane

Portulaca oleracea

Vegetables Purslanes

corn salad plant card: Vegetables, Honeysuckle family, Harvest January - April, September - December

corn salad

Valerianella locusta

Vegetables Honeysuckle family

Crambe plant card: Vegetables, Brassicaceae, Harvest April - October

Crambe

Crambe

Vegetables Brassicaceae

cutting lettuce plant card: Vegetables, Aster family, Harvest April - October

cutting lettuce

Lactuca sativa var. crispa

Vegetables Aster family

Dandelion plant card: Wild plants, Aster family, Harvest March - October

Dandelion

Taraxacum

Wild plants Aster family

Garden Orache plant card: Vegetables, Amaranth family, Harvest May - October

Garden Orache

Atriplex hortensis

Vegetables Amaranth family

Good King Henry plant card: Vegetables, Amaranths, Harvest April - August

Good King Henry

Blitum bonus-henricus

Vegetables Amaranths

kale plant card: Vegetables, Mustard family, Harvest January - February, October - December

kale

Brassica oleracea var. sabellica

Vegetables Mustard family

Komatsuna plant card: Vegetables, Cabbage family, Harvest May - November

Komatsuna

Brassica rapa var. perviridis

Vegetables Cabbage family

Leafy Goosefoot plant card: Vegetables, Amaranth family, Harvest June - October

Leafy Goosefoot

Blitum virgatum

Vegetables Amaranth family

New Zealand spinach plant card: Vegetables, Fig-marigold family, Harvest June - October

New Zealand spinach

Tetragonia tetragonoides

Vegetables Fig-marigold family

pointed cabbage plant card: Vegetables, Mustard family, Harvest June - October

pointed cabbage

Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. acuta

Vegetables Mustard family

Radicchio plant card: Vegetables, Aster family, Harvest January, August - December

Radicchio

Cichorium intybus var. foliosum

Vegetables Aster family

Romaine lettuce plant card: Vegetables, Daisy family, Harvest May - October

Romaine lettuce

Lactuca sativa var. longifolia

Vegetables Daisy family

Sorrel plant card: Vegetables, Knotweed family, Harvest April - October

Sorrel

Rumex acetosa

Vegetables Knotweed family

Spinach plant card: Vegetables, Amaranth family, Harvest April - December

Spinach

Spinacia oleracea

Vegetables Amaranth family

Sugarloaf Chicory plant card: Vegetables, Aster family, Harvest September - December

Sugarloaf Chicory

Cichorium intybus var. foliosum

Vegetables Aster family

Swiss Chard plant card: Vegetables, Amaranth family, Harvest May - November

Swiss Chard

Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris Cicla Group

Vegetables Amaranth family

Tatsoi plant card: Vegetables, Mustard family, Harvest April - November

Tatsoi

Brassica rapa subsp. narinosa

Vegetables Mustard family

Tree spinach plant card: Leafy vegetables, Amaranth family, Harvest June - October

Tree spinach

Chenopodium giganteum D.Don

Leafy vegetables Amaranth family

Watercress plant card: Herbs, Mustard family, Harvest April - October

Watercress

Nasturtium officinale

Herbs Mustard family

White Cabbage plant card: Vegetables, Mustard family, Harvest July - November

White Cabbage

Brassica oleracea var. capitata

Vegetables Mustard family

winter purslane plant card: Vegetables, Montiaceae, Harvest January - March, October - December

winter purslane

Claytonia perfoliata

Vegetables Montiaceae