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Products description
Botanical name: Atriplex halimus
Synonym: Atriplex candicans, Atriplex halimoides, Atriplex parvifolia
Common name: Mediterranean saltbush, Sea orache, Shrubby orache, Silvery orache
Family: Amaranthaceae
Native to: Mediterranean region, West Europe, Canary Islands, northern Africa
Life cycle: perennial shrub
Flower colour: yellow-green
Flower time (Central / West-Europe): July to October
Height: 200cm
Characteristics and usage: Edible leaves and seeds, raw or cooked, medicinal and ornamental plant.
Weight of 1000 seeds: -
Seeds per gram: -
Cultivation / direction of sowing: Sow in pots or trays of sandy seed compost, maintaining a temperature of +/- 15 °C, the seeds usually germinates in 1 to 3 weeks at 15°C. Atriplex halimus preferred an open, sunny position, and is drought resistant, tolerates saline and very alkaline soils. The plants are frost tolerant up to –12°C.
Synonym: Atriplex candicans, Atriplex halimoides, Atriplex parvifolia
Common name: Mediterranean saltbush, Sea orache, Shrubby orache, Silvery orache
Family: Amaranthaceae
Native to: Mediterranean region, West Europe, Canary Islands, northern Africa
Life cycle: perennial shrub
Flower colour: yellow-green
Flower time (Central / West-Europe): July to October
Height: 200cm
Characteristics and usage: Edible leaves and seeds, raw or cooked, medicinal and ornamental plant.
Weight of 1000 seeds: -
Seeds per gram: -
Cultivation / direction of sowing: Sow in pots or trays of sandy seed compost, maintaining a temperature of +/- 15 °C, the seeds usually germinates in 1 to 3 weeks at 15°C. Atriplex halimus preferred an open, sunny position, and is drought resistant, tolerates saline and very alkaline soils. The plants are frost tolerant up to –12°C.
