Many underestimate the variety of healthy leafy greens. We introduce you to the most popular old and new spinach varieties.
the healthy one spinach (Spinacia oleracea) can also easily be grown in your own garden. Particularly easy to make the cultivation varieties that against mildew and other plant diseases are resistant. Therefore, we present an overview of the 25 best spinach varieties below.
The 25 best spinach varieties
The numerous spinach varieties differ mainly in taste, flowering time, sowing and harvesting time. You will find an overview of the best new and tried and tested varieties below.
- 'Baby Leaf (F1)': Early variety with particularly tender leaves; the dark green, small leaves are erect and easy to harvest; ideal for salads
- ‘Bordeaux (F1)’: French variety with slightly red-purple stems; can be grown as baby spinach and is particularly resistant to downy mildew; the extension is also successful on the balcony
- 'Butterfly': Proven variety for spring and autumn cultivation with a good yield
- ‘Celesta (F1)’: Newer variety with very late flowering, which means it can also be grown in summer; high-yielding and resistant to powdery mildew
- 'Columbia (F1)': Modern cultivar with a very late flowering time; can therefore also be cultivated 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 summer cultivation
- ‘Emilia (F1)’: Modern commercial variety that is very productive and resistant to downy mildew; flowers late and is fast growing
- 'Gamma': Very late flowering variety, suitable for summer cultivation; good yield
- ‘Hector (F1)’: Italian variety with very neat growth and high yield; grows quite upright and can be harvested well
- ‘June (F1)’: Fast-growing and high-yielding variety from France with late flowering; can also be grown in summer
- ‘Lazio (F1)’: Very productive and fast-growing variety with very good resistance to downy mildew
- 'matador'': Proven variety with good characteristics: late flowering period, fast-growing, high-yield and frost-hardy
- ‘Merlin (F1)’: Particularly productive variety with a late flowering time; good resistance to powdery mildew; freezes well
- ‘Mikado (F1)’: Upright growing variety with long stems; high-yield and can be harvested particularly well
- 'Monnopa': Modern and fast-growing late-flowering variety; 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 well suited due to the high mildew resistance
- ‘Picasso (F1)': Late flowering variety that can also be grown in the summer months; this spinach variety stays small (baby spinach) and is also suitable for growing on the balcony
- 'Red Cardinal': New cultivar with optically very attractive, 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
- ‘Vikings (F1)’: Italian variety with moderate growth but large, upright growing tufts; delicate and aromatic
- 'Viridis': Traditional 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 spinach variety, you will find all the information you need here Cultivation of spinach.
Even if plants hardly move, they are among the most exciting creatures for me. They have fascinating skills and an incredible amount of potential. That's why I studied organic agriculture in Vienna. However, since plants are few and far between in the city, I often go hiking in the nearby mountains at the weekend. In the future I would like to run my own farm.
Favorite fruit: Strawberries and gooseberries
Favorite vegetable: zucchini
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