Spinach Perpetual
Heritage leaf beet - the "spinach that doesn't bolt"
The British heritage leaf beet that solves the central problem of UK spinach growing - twelve months of continuous harvests from one sowing, bolting-resistant through summer heat, hardy through winter cold.
About this variety
The variety that solves the central problem of growing spinach in Britain. True spinach bolts at the first hot spell, giving a few weeks of leaves before it runs to seed. Perpetual Spinach — a leaf beet rather than a true spinach, though used identically — simply does not.
One April sowing crops from June through autumn, stands the winter unprotected in most of England, and gives a final flush the following March. Twelve months of picking from a single row.
The leaves are larger and sturdier than true spinach, with thicker midribs, and they hold their structure in the pan rather than collapsing to almost nothing. A colander of them wilts down to a useful portion, which is more than can be said for the real thing.
Plant alongside
Spinach Perpetual pairs beautifully with these kitchen garden companions
