Swiss Chard – Bright Lights
I love this All America Selections winner for it’s multiple uses. It’s not only very attractive it’s also nutritious. Bright Lights Swiss Chard’s nutritious, glossy green or burgundy leaves are supported by brightly colored stems of yellow, gold, orange, pink, crimson, lavender, or purple. A relative of the beet, it can be used as baby greens or use the mature leaves as you would spinach. Chard is tasty steamed or sauteed. Mmmm, I love to saute it with olive oil, garlic, and hazelnuts.
Plant it out now in a sunny area for crispy fall and winter greens.
Grows 20″ tall
Space plants 8″ – 10″ apart
Can handle temperatures down to 10 degrees.
Also try it ornamentally as a centerpiece in a mixed container of “Fire “ pansies.
Here are a few more ideas from the web.
Lots of fall landscapes rely on foliage for a big bang – so why shouldn’t your container gardens? Try plants with colorful leaves so you don’t have to worry about them going out of bloom.
A. Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris ‘Bright Lights’) –3
B. Flowering kale (Brassica) — 1
C. Coral bells (Heuchera) -1
