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Malabar spinach can be grown as a perennial vegetable or herb used for culinary purposes or ornamental purposes in USDA Zones 8 - 11.
Basella Rubra is a climbing, vine plant that can reach 10 feet tall climbing up trellises, mailboxes, arbors, etc.
Provide a trellis or arbor, and it will soon make a very attractive vining plant with deep green, edible leaves and violet blooms.
The big, leafy, leaves can be used throughout the summer either cooked or in salads. The taste is a bit different than traditional spinach.
Sow 1 to 2 seeds for every plant you desire in your herb garden. There are many cooking recipes you can find utilizing malabar spinach.
Malabar Spinach makes a wonderful addition to any herb garden. It is one of the few herbs that climbs and forms a vine that can reach 10 feet or more. Provide a trellis or arbor, and it makes a very attractive vining plant with deep green, edible leaves and violet blooms. The Basella rubra leaves can be used throughout the summer either cooked or in salads. The taste is a bit different than traditional spinach. Malabar Spinach enjoys a full sun to partial shade setting, and rich moist soil to grow in. Sow the seeds outdoors after danger of frost. Space the seeds 9 inches apart, cover them with inch of soil, and keep them moist until germination. Typical germination is 21 days.