Caucasian Spinach -Caucasian Mountain Spinach , Zones 3-6. – fast-growing vine, Organic Seeds !
The large (3m=10ft), dense, very ornamental climber with tuberous roots. Leaves are edible. When cooked they have a mild, pleasant taste. Plant very frost hardy (to zone 6).
Caucasian Mountain Spinach ,Hablitzia tamnoides Perennial, Zones 3-6. Originating in the Caucasus, it is a very hardy perennial, growing 6â9′ long for 2â3 months in the very early spring when few other edible greens have surfaced.
Its also tasty: both early shoots and subsequent leaves make a delicious and tender spinach-like vegetable without any bitterness. Moreover, its beautiful originally introduced into Sweden around 1870 as an attractive vine to screen manor houses with its heart-shaped leaves. And, finally, though it is best grown in sun to maximize its productivity, it will also do well in its native habitat.
- Genus Hablitzia
- Species tamnoides
- Common Name Caucasian spinach
- Form herbaceous
- Habit clumping
- Origin Europe
- Light part
- Moisture mesic
- Edible greens, shoots