Good King Henry
Good King Henry is a perennial leafy vegetable in the Amaranthaceae family, with a long history in European kitchen gardens. Its accepted botanical name is Blitum bonus-henricus; the older name Chenopodium bonus-henricus is also still used. Native to Europe, it has also become established beyond its original range. Its main attraction is the return of leafy growth over successive seasons, giving it a place among vegetables that can occupy a permanent corner of the garden.The plant forms a clump with upright stems and bright green leaves, whose triangular or arrow-shaped outline gives the foliage a distinctive appearance. Mature flowering plants can reach roughly half a metre to a metre high, depending on conditions. The flowers are small and yellowish green, much less conspicuous than the leaves. This is a vegetable whose garden character comes chiefly from its foliage and seasonal growth rather than from showy blooms. Its herbaceous growth dies…
