Re: Orach
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Orach
- From: C* P*
- Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 17:13:45 EDT
In a message dated 8/2/99 12:05:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
mlaute@MICRON.NET writes:
<< It's an old timey vegetable plant. It's also called Mountain Spinach and
other things. To say it self-seeds freely is an understatement. The red
orach grows to about 3 and a half feet here in sw Idaho, >>
Hi guys,
I thought after writing my piece that orach was probably the wrong moniker so
I looked in the books. It is offically atriplex hortensis.
If Margaret is snowed under by her kind offer, Thompson and Morgan list this
plant.
Another large supplier of mail order herb seeds and plants, is the Canadian
"Richter's"
Richter's Herb Catalogue
Goodwood, Ontario
LOC1AO, Canada (need two stamps for Canada)
orderdesk@richters.com
www.richters.com
I have grown orach in the past cutting it off at about twelve inches
repeatedly to keep it bushy. Four or five plants in the same hole is helpful
also.
This was part of my affair with grey leaved and purple leaved plants. I
still love them all. I am currently hoping that euphobia 'Chameleon' will
overwinter for me
Any more purple leaved info would be a nice discussion.
Claire Peplowski
East Nassau, NY
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