Spinach
Butterflay spinach
Butterflay spinach: Sowing, planting and harvest calendar
Butterflay spinach combines intensely green, fleshy leaves with vigorous growth. This variety of Spinacia oleracea is particularly valued for being slow to bolt. Bolting means the appearance of a flowering stem after the leafy stage. Butterflay is the name of an annual spinach variety, rather than a perennial plant or a separate species from the familiar spinach grown in vegetable gardens.The leaves form a low, dense rosette. Their deep colour and substantial texture characterise this selection. Young leaves are smaller and more tender than fully developed leaves, whose fleshy blades give more substance to cooked dishes. This difference in stage explains the range of uses for the same spinach, from baby-leaf salads to meals based on larger leaves. The plant stays herbaceous throughout its development.Slow bolting is helpful when comparing spinach varieties, but it does not mean that the plant never flowers. High temperatures, drought and other growing conditions can…
