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.' ...

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 ...

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.

“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 ...

Swiss chard may be seeded directly in the garden or grown as transplants. Plants should be grown 6 to 12 inches apart, and the leaves can be harvested 45-60 days after sowing the seeds.

So, you will need to thin the Swiss chard seedlings after the seeds come up, which generally takes about seven days. Thin the plants to a spacing of 6 to 12 inches. Add the young plants that are ...

In winter, however, when days are shorter and sunlight is weaker, Swiss chard plants grown using the WCM films showed 1.2 times greater plant height and 1.4 times greater biomass after 63 days.