Spinach varieties: an overview of the best varieties

Many underestimate the variety of healthy leafy vegetables. We introduce you to the most popular old and new types of spinach.

The healthy one spinach (Spinacia oleracea) can also be easily grown in your own garden. Cultivars that oppose mildew and other plant diseases are resistant. That is why we are giving you an overview of the 25 best types of spinach below.

The 25 best types of spinach

The numerous types of spinach differ mainly in taste, flowering time, sowing and harvesting time. You will find an overview of the best new and well-tried varieties below.

• "Baby Leaf (F1)": Early variety with particularly delicate leaves; the dark green, small leaves stand upright and are easy to harvest; ideal for salads

• ‘Bordeaux (F1)’: French variety with slightly reddish-purple stems; can be grown as baby spinach and is particularly resistant to downy mildew; it can also be grown on the balcony
• 'Butterfly': Proven variety for spring and autumn cultivation with a good yield
• ‘Celesta (F1)’: Newer variety with very late flowering, which can therefore also be grown in summer; high-yielding and powdery mildew resistant
• "Columbia (F1)": Modern cultivated form with a very late flowering time; can therefore also be grown in the summer months; fast growing and high yielding with very good resistance to powdery mildew
• "Corvair (F1)": High-yielding variety; dark green leaves; for spring and autumn cultivation; spicy taste
• "Corvette (F1)": Modern and bolt-resistant (late flowering) variety with good resistance to powdery mildew
• "Early 7 (F1)": Fast growing and very productive variety from Italy; suitable for growing in summer
• ‘Emilia (F1)’: Modern commercial cultivar that is very productive and robust against downy mildew; blooms late and is fast growing
• 'Gamma': Very late flowering variety that is suitable for summer cultivation; good yield
• ‘Hector (F1)’: Italian variety with very good growth and high yield; grows quite upright and is easy to harvest
• ‘Junius (F1)’: Fast growing and high yielding variety from France with late flowering; can also be grown in summer
• ‘Lazio (F1)’: Very high yielding and fast growing variety with very good resistance to downy mildew
• 'Matador'‘: Proven variety with good characteristics: late flowering time, fast growing, high yielding and frost hardy

• "Merlin (F1)": Particularly productive variety with a late flowering time; good resistance to powdery mildew; freezes well
• "Mikado (F1)": Upright variety with long stems; high-yielding and can be harvested particularly well
• 'Monnopa': Modern and fast growing variety with a late flowering time; high-yielding and resistant to powdery mildew; should be robust against the (cucumber) mosaic virus
• "Palco (F1)": Fast-growing and high-yielding spinach variety with good resistance to powdery mildew; especially for spring and autumn cultivation
• ‘Parys (F1) ': Very productive and robust variety from France; particularly suitable due to its high resistance to mildew
• ‘Picasso (F1) ': Late flowering variety that can also be grown in the summer months; this type of spinach stays small (baby spinach) and is also suitable for growing on the balcony
• 'Red Cardinal': New cultivar with optically very beautiful, red stems; young leaves are ideal for salads or to decorate dishes

• "Symphony (F1)": Modern, high-yielding variety that can also be grown in summer
• "Viking (F1)": Italian variety with moderate growth but large, upright clusters; delicate and aromatic
• ‘Viridis’: Traditionally Italian variety that can be grown as both baby and root spinach
• ‘Winter giants’: Large-leaved variety that is only sown in autumn; fine-spicy taste

If you have now decided on a type of spinach, you will find all the information about the Growing spinach.

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