Red Malabar Spinach

New for 2026 - Basella rubra - Very cool and unique vegetable! Heat loving annual vine with thick succulent leaves. They're tender and mild all through the hot summer months when many other greens have bolted. The leaves have a slightly mucilaginous quality, similar to okra but less. Chop them into salads or sauté them. The vines will climb up any trellis or support you offer them, reaching up to 6-8' if space allows. By late summer and fall seed clusters start to form. The ripe fruit are intensely purple, and can be used for dye. Drought tolerant. 40 seeds  

Grown by Annapolis Seeds