Swiss Chard

Beta vulgaris (Cida gp) 'Bright Lights'

Swiss Chard 'Bright Lights'

60 days. Grow this 1998 All-America Selection winner in your flower garden for fantastic colour all winter! This chard has thick stems of red, yellow, rose, gold and white, bearing lightly savoyed leaves of burgundy and green. Another choice...

Beta vulgaris (Cida gp) 'Discovery'

Swiss Chard 'Discovery'

A premium baby leaf and bunching swiss chard. Harvet at 26 days for the baby leaves or leae until later for full maturity. Erect, uniform leaves that exhibit excellent venation and distinctly pleasant flavour. Plant directly outside after all...

Beta vulgaris (Cida gp) 'Fordhook Giant'

Swiss Chard 'Fordhook Giant'

60 days. Dark green, very savoyed leaves. Thick, greenish-white, celery-like stalks support our most cold-hardy variety, but it is also tolerant of summer heat. Useful, versatile, reliable, decorative, and tastes good, too.

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Beta vulgaris (Cida gp) 'Liscia Verde Da Taglio'

Swiss Chard/Bietola Da Taglio/Bette A Carde 'Liscia Verde Da Taglio'

A cool green and white vegetable that is perfect even in hot weather. To enjoy the flavour, cut the leafy parts away from the thicker stems, boil the stems in salted water for a few minutes first, then add the leaf sections so they only cook...

Beta vulgaris (Cida gp) 'Lucullus'

Swiss Chard 'Lucullus'

A much more prolific form, with an abundance of large, tasty leaves and wide, white mid-ribs. Cook the succulent mid-rib like asparagus and serve with melted butter. Easier, and some consider tastier, than spinach. If the plants are left to...

Beta vulgaris (Cida gp) 'Rainbow Chard'

Swiss Chard 'Rainbow Chard'

Bring colour to the vegetable garden, a lovely mixture of coloured stems and leaves. Use as baby salad or delicious when cooked - stirfried or steamed. Highly nutritous as well, not just pretty!

Beta vulgaris (Cida gp) 'Rhubarb Chard'

Swiss Chard 'Rhubarb Chard'

60 days. The wide stalks and the veins are a deep burgundy red, the rich, dark green or purple leaves are deeply savoyed. May bolt quickly if sown too early in spring. Pretty for the flower garden, and really good to eat.

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Beta vulgaris (Cida gp) 'Rhubarb Chard Charlotte'

Swiss Chard 'Rhubarb Chard Charlotte'

A wonderfully versatile vegetable which is ornamental enough for the flower garden. The leaves can be lightly steamed as a spinach substitute and the stems can be lightly boiled or steamed as a crisp tasty vegetable.

Beta vulgaris (Cida gp) 'Ruby Chard'

Swiss Chard 'Ruby Chard'

Beautiful! Plant it in the flower garden. Brilliant red stems and leaf veins are showy, and the huge leaves are tasty as cooked greens summer through fall. About 50 to 60 days to picking.

Beta vulgaris (Cida gp) 'Silver or Sea Kale'

Swiss Chard/Leaf Beet 'Silver or Sea Kale'

Use green portion of leaves as for spinach. The thick white midribs should be cut into sections, cooked for a few minutes in boiling salted water and served separately while still crisp. Crops continuously from July to late autumn. Does not...

Beta vulgaris (Cida gp) 'Swiss Chard White Leaf Beet'

Swiss Chard 'Swiss Chard White Leaf Beet'

Beta vulgaris (Cida gp) 'Verde A Costa Larga'

Swiss Chard/Bietola Da Taglio/Bette A Carde 'Verde A Costa Larga'

Pale green leaves with a slightly crinkly appearance and bright white stalks make this vegetable pretty enough for the flower borders as well as containers. Chards are among the easiest and most productive of vegetables, provided they get...

Beta vulgaris (Cida gp) 'White Silver 2 (Sea Kale Beet)'

Swiss Chard 'White Silver 2 (Sea Kale Beet)'

Beta vulgaris (Cida gp) 'Zilver Org'

Swiss Chard 'Zilver Org'

Beta vulgaris (Cida gp) 'Italian White Ribbed'

Swiss Chard 'Italian White Ribbed'

SORRY, THIS PRODUCT IS NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM ANY SUPPLIER. Dark green leaves with prominent bright white ribs. Chard grows in heat and cold, is very nutritious, with a long harvest period. It is attractive and tolerates some shade, and...

Beta vulgaris 'Large Ribbed Dark Green'

Swiss Chard, Spinach Beet 'Large Ribbed Dark Green'

SORRY, THIS PRODUCT IS NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM ANY SUPPLIER. Sometimes called Spinach Beet. Old-time favorite green does well in late spring, summer and fall. Large crinkled leaves are healthful, similar to spinach but milder in flavor. 3 g....