For veggies that look good and taste great, add Bright Lights Swiss Chard to your garden. Colorful gold, pink, purple, red, or orange stems contrast with the dark-green or bronze crinkled leaves of this cool-season plant. The veggie adds a burst of color and texture when planted ...For veggies that look good and taste great, add Bright Lights Swiss Chard to your garden.
Colorful gold, pink, purple, red, or orange stems contrast with the dark-green or bronze crinkled leaves of this cool-season plant. The veggie adds a burst of color and texture when planted in vegetable beds or patio containers. The unique, pretty plant brightens garden spaces, so grow it where you can enjoy the view.
Use highly nutritious Swiss Chard like spinach or beet greens: harvest young leaves to eat fresh, or add any size leaves to quiches, casseroles, stir-fries, or smoothies. For a long harvest, snip the outer leaves first: the plant continues to produce new leaves. Place Bright Lights Swiss Chard in full to part-sun.
It appreciates some shade in hot climates. Bright Lights Swiss Chard grows 18 to 24 inches tall and matures in 45 days. It prefers rich, well-drained Miracle-Gro soil.
Be sure to water your plant when the top inch of soil feels dry to the touch and feed it regularly with Miracle-Gro Plant Food. With more than 100 years of experience, offers high-quality live plant varieties designed for your gardening success.