Malabar Red Spinach Plant - 4" Pot - Fresh Spinach Year Round Indoors

Malabar Red Spinach (Basella rubra) Large, mild-flavored green leaves look terrific climbing up a bean tower, mailbox post, or fence! It is also a great indoor plant in a hanging pot. This Colorful Spinach Keeps You in Tasty Greens All Year! The red stems really jazz up the plate! The thick, dark green leaves of this edible ornamental provide tasty greens throughout the summer, when traditional spinach will not grow. The mild flavor makes Red Stem equally good cooked or fresh, and is more palatable to children than the peppery cool-season varieties. Heat-loving and vigorous, these attractive plants reach 6 feet or more if trained on a bean tower, trellis, lamp post, or any vertical structure with some porousness for twining. They are also excellent in a hanging pot. The plants sport scarlet stems that contrast beautifully with the deep green of the thick, broad leaves. Many people grow Red Stem for purely ornamental purposes, but there's a lot of good eating on this productive plant! Grow outdoors during the summer and move indoors in the winter or grow year round in a sunny window indoors.