Description
Good King Henry is a perennial vegetable with real history – a medieval English pot herb that comes back every spring without replanting. Young shoots are cut like asparagus, and the arrow-shaped leaves cook down like a mild, sweet spinach. One planting can crop for a decade.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Why gardeners choose it
- Perennial vegetable – plant once, harvest for years
- Spring shoots used like asparagus; leaves used like spinach
- Productive in part shade where most vegetables sulk
- Hardy, low maintenance and slug resistant once established
- Heirloom, non-GMO; 100 seeds per packet
Growing guide
- Sow: 5 mm (1/4 in) deep in autumn or early spring; cold moist stratification helps
- Germination: 14-28 days at 15-21 C (60-70 F)
- Spacing: 30-45 cm (12-18 in) apart in rich, deep soil
- Light: full sun to part shade
- Harvest: leave plants unharvested in year one; crop shoots and leaves from year two, USDA zones 3-9
Germination-tested seed, packed fresh and shipped worldwide from Seeds Grow In.
