(Pot of Gold Swiss Chard, Swiss Chard)

The attractive 'Pot of Gold' is a mild, delicious Swiss chard that's compact with yellow leaf stems and tapered, crinkly, dark green blades. It is an excellent plant for container culture as well as the vegetable garden. Harvest can begin about 60 days after sowing and leaves gathered all season long, though they taste best in spring and fall when days are cool and nights chilly. Harvest healthy, mature, glossy leaves by cutting them cleanly at the base.

Swiss chard is planted for its big crinkly...

(Swiss Chard)

This pretty Swiss chard is named for the fact that it looks like rhubarb. It’s a vigorous cultivar and its vibrant red stems hold their color even after cooking. Harvest can begin 50 to 60 days after seeding. Leaves should be gathered by cutting the oldest outer stems close to the ground. These have a short shelf life, so eat them quickly.

Swiss chard is planted for its big crinkled leaves that can be eaten in salads, soups or simply steamed or sautéed. Usually grown as an annual, it is a...

(Swiss Chard)

The tasty and beautiful Swiss chard, ‘Ruby Red’ has colorful candy apple red stems and enormous reddish green leaves. The plants are so pretty they can be incorporated into container plantings and mixed borders. When cooked, the leaves even hold their color well. Harvest can begin 60 days after seeding and leaves gathered all season long, though they taste best in spring and fall when days are cool and nights chilly. Harvest healthy, mature leaves by cutting them cleanly at the base. These have a...

(Scarlet Charlotte Swiss Chard, Swiss Chard)

Alluring to the eye and a delight to eat, 'Scarlet Charlotte' is a mild, delicious Swiss chard with large crinkled green leaves and magenta-red leaf stems. Harvest can begin about 65 days after sowing and leaves gathered all season long, though they taste best in spring and fall when days are cool and nights chilly. Harvest healthy, mature glossy leaves by cutting them cleanly at the base.

Swiss chard is planted for its big crinkly leaves that can be eaten in salads, soups or simply steamed...

(Swiss Chard)

The mild, tender and delicious Swiss chard, 'Verte A Carde Blanche', is a large-leaved French heirloom with wide, flat leaf stems and huge dark green leaves. Harvest can begin 65 days after seeding and leaves gathered all season long, though they taste best in spring and fall when days are cool and nights chilly. This is a taller variety that produces huge leaves so only a few mature leaves will make a meal. Harvest healthy, mature leaves by cutting them cleanly at the base. These have a short shelf...

(Swiss Chard)

The mild and delicious Swiss chard, 'Witerbi Mangold', is a large-leaved heirloom with broad stems and large, savoyed, dark green leaves. Harvest can begin 60 to 70 days after seeding and leaves gathered all season long, though they taste best in spring and fall when days are cool and nights chilly. This is a short-stemmed variety that's not well-suited for bunching. Harvest healthy, mature leaves by cutting them cleanly at the base. These have a short shelf life, so eat them quickly!

Swiss...

(Swiss Chard)

A 1998 All-American Selections Winner, 'Bright Lights' chards are as tasty as they are beautiful. This popular chard mix offers plants with colorful stems of yellow, red, orange, pink and apricot topped with enormous leaves of deep green or purple. The stems even hold their color after cooking.

Swiss chard is planted for its big crinkled leaves that can be eaten in salads, soups or simply steamed or sautéed. Usually grown as an annual, it is a true biennial. Unlike its cousin the beet, chard...

(Chinese Red Birch)

A rather large deciduous tree that has a rounded to conical habit, the Chinese red birch is mainly grown for its ornamental bark. Bark ranges from pinkish brown to copper or orange-red and peels away in thin sheets, revealing a smooth white to gray underlayer. The outer bark layer also is covered in a white powdery bloom, especially when young. This plant is native to central and western China.

In early spring tiny flowers appear in pendulous catkins that droop from the branches. The leaves emerge...

(Monarch Birch)

Pretty bark, massive leaves and excellent/reliable golden fall foliage color are prized attributes of the monarch birch. This rather fast-growing deciduous tree is native to Russia's Kurile Islands and Japan. It has an open habit when young but becomes quite stiff and upright - more so than other birch species - at maturity.

Monarch birch's bark is orange or pink-tinged bark that becomes grayish white. It peels away in horizontal strips. Another key identification feature are the leaves. They...

(River Birch)

River birch is a handsome, often multi-stemmed, fast growing tree that is native to the central and southeastern United States. Its most notable ornamental feature is its beautiful peeling bark that appears in mixed shades on white, rust-orange, gray and brown. Like other birches, it has elongated catkins, which appear in spring, and its medium-green leaves turn a dirty yellow in the fall. Its seeds ripen in late spring, much earlier than other birch species.

This tree is a wise selection for...