Varieties
Varieties of Swiss chard
Which variety suits you depends on site, space and taste. Here are the Swiss chard varieties with their particulars.
- ‘Bright Lights’The ‚Bright Lights’ variety offers a colorful mix that produces stems in yellow, orange, pink, red and white, each…
- ‘Fordhook Giant’A productive white‑stemmed stem beet with wide, fleshy ribs and large, strongly curved leaves.
- ‘Hunsrücker Schnittmangold’An old landrace from the Hunsrück, grown purely as a leaf chard: slim stems, but plenty of tender, dark green foliage.
- ‘Lucullus’A proven white-stemmed chard with broad, fleshy ribs and coarse, blistered leaves.
- ‘Vulkan’A brilliantly red-stemmed chard with dark green, red-veined leaves; the strong colour holds even after a brief steaming.
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