Swiss chard, the plain, white-stemmed kind, was the most successful crop in my first San Francisco gardens. So much so, in fact, that I got tired of eating it. Then, after many years of chardless ...

This week's Plant Pick of the Week is an edible that's colorful enough to be planted along with annuals in an ornamental garden -- a leafy crop called Swiss chard 'Bright Lights.' ...

Swiss chard and other edible plants can be grown in the ground, ... Bright Lights Swiss chard will produce the most colorful foliage when grown in sunny locations.

For the largest and healthiest plants, Swiss chard prefers soil with a high organic content, a neutral pH (6.0-8.0), ... Keep the tray moist and in bright, indirect light.

“Bright Lights” gives your garden a brilliant rainbow of colors, even if you do not like to eat the vegetable. Plant stems can be yellow, gold, orange, pink, violet or striped in addition to ...

“Bright Lights” gives your garden a brilliant rainbow of colors, even if you do not like to eat the vegetable.Plant stems can be yellow, gold, orange, pink, violet or striped in addition to ...

It seems wherever I go I’m seeing Swiss chard. This showy cool season plant sometimes called a beet ... It has been almost 20 years since the All American Selections Bright Lights showed up ...

It seems wherever I go I’m seeing Swiss chard. This showy cool season plant sometimes called a beet without a bottom is showing up in the landscape, in mixed containers and there it is available ...

This family also includes epazote, a pungent herb used for culinary and medicinal purposes in Mexico, and more familiar garden veggies: beets, spinach, and Swiss chard.

Swiss chard is another of those vegetables I don’t remember eating as a child. Was it there all along, just buried behind the bundles of spinach and h.

Q. I have an empty spot in my vegetable garden. Is it too early to plant Swiss chard? A. In most Southern California locations, fall is the time to plant Swiss chard, whether started from seed or f… ...