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Swiss Chard
Rich in vitamins and so nutritious, chards are very easy to grow! Swiss Chards are propably the most under-appreciated of all vegetables. The thick stems can be cooked like asparagus. The baby leaves can be used as fresh salad greens or cooked like spinach. While the leaves are eaten, it is in the same species as the garden beet (beetroot), which is grown primarily for its edible roots.
The word Swiss is used to distinguish Swiss Chard from French spinach varieties. Popular among Mediterranean cooks, our finest varieties can be traced back to Sicily.
Bright Lights
Grow this 1998 All-America Selection winner in your flower garden for fantastic colour! Bright Lights Swiss Chard produces thick red, yellow, rose, gold and white stems bear slightly savoyed leaves of burgundy and green. It can be planted in large containers and always makes vivid colour on your table!
Matures in 60 days. (open pollinated seeds)
Calico Mix
This Rainbow of multi coloured Chards are a visual delight in the garden. Grow in pots or in rows for the full effect. Can't decide which variety of Swiss chard to grow? Try this Calico blend of our most popular, wildly colourful varieties.
Matures in 50-60 days. (open pollinated seeds)
Canary Yellow
The vibrant oranges and yellows of Canary Yellow Swiss Chard bring cheerful colour to spring and winter gardens. The young stalks are a deep orange colour while the larger, more mature stalks turn a bright yellow to contrast beautifully with dark green glossy leaves. This variety has exceptional leaf quality and good keeping qualities.
Matures in 50 days. (open pollinated seeds)
Discovery
Erect plants have dark green, lightly savoyed leaves with contrasting dark red petioles or stalks. Exceptional cold tolerance. Red chard for bunching or baby leaf production.
Matures in 65 days. (hybrid seeds)
Eldorado
Distinctive orange stalks contrast with dark green leaves. Use as baby greens for salad blends, or grow to full size of 45cm (16") to bunch or braise. Very good frost tolerance means they can be harvested throughout the winter with minimal protection. Delicious and easy to grow!
Matures in 50 days. (hybrid seeds)
Flamingo Pink Organic
This certified organic, heirloom variety has neon hot-pink stalks, and makes a nice alternative to the traditional varieties. It looks spectacular mixed with white-stalked or red-stalked chard. Picked when immature, it makes a tasty and surprising addition to salad mixes.
Matures in 60 days. (open pollinated seeds)
Fordhook Giant
Fordhook Giant Swiss Chard produces dark green, very savoyed leaves are borne on thick, greenish-white stalks in this cold-hardy variety. Useful, versatile, reliable, decorative and flavourful, it also does well in summer heat.
Matures in 60 days. (open pollinated seeds)
Magenta Sunset
Hot pink to magenta stems and veins with dark jade coloured foliage, Magenta Sunset Swis Chard is a beauty among the Swiss chards. Magenta Sunset is grown primarily for immature salad greens as it tends to bolt during summer heat. Kept in check, it will produce abundant nutritious leaves with a mild earthy flavour. Sow again in August for a fall harvest or for decorative 60cm (24") plants.
Matures in 25-30 days. (open pollinated seeds)
Perpetual Spinach
Grown for its spinach-like greens, this Swiss chard has narrow stems and smoother leaves than most varieties. Slower to bolt than real spinach, it is also quite cold hardy. With some protection from frost, the leaves on developed plants can be harvested from early spring to late fall.
Matures in 50-60 days. (open pollinated seeds)
Rhubarb Chard
Pretty enough for the flower garden, this wonderful and richly-flavoured variety has wide stalks and veins that are deep burgundy red and deeply savoyed leaves that are rich dark green or purple. It bolts quickly if sown too early in spring.
Matures in 60 days. (open pollinated seeds)
Rhubarb Chard Organic
CERTIFIED ORGANIC! Rhubarb Chard is less expensive than its traditional counterpart. Pretty enough for the flower garden, this wonderful and richly-flavoured variety has wide stalks and veins that are deep burgundy red and deeply savoyed leaves that are rich dark green or purple. It bolts quickly if sown too early in spring.
Matures in 60 days. (open pollinated seeds)
Silverado Organic
This CERTIFIED ORGANIC Silverado has heavily savoyed, deep, dark green leaves with bright white stems on a relatively compact plant. A taste test favourite, its beautiful appearance and resistance to bolting make it a great home garden and market variety.
Matures in 50 days. (hybrid seeds)