Arugula varieties: An overview of new and tried-and-tested varieties of wild rocket and salad rocket. We show the best and highest yielding varieties.

Arugula from our own garden

The numerous rocket varieties differ mainly in appearance, size, origin and harvest time. When buying seeds, you should pay attention to the respective properties. There are earlier and later varieties. There are also so-called Sprouting varieties that overwinter outdoors. These form numerous smaller flowers in spring, a wonderful spring vegetable!

In the following we have put together a few well-known and proven varieties that thrive well in our latitudes. Choosing the right variety lies between wild rocket and salad rocket:

Wild Rocket:

  • Dragons Tongue: Breeding from England that has proven to be very robust in different growing conditions; around the leaf veins, the leaf green turns reddish in places; very good and spicy aroma.
  • Venicia: Fast-growing selection of wild rocket with a late flowering period. This allows for a long harvest and high yields; typically nutty and quite spicy taste.
  • Napoli: selection of wild rocket; grows faster than the wild form and produces broader leaves (could also be a hybrid with rocket salad); high yield.
Rocket
Not much can be guessed from the rocket sprouts

Arugula:

  • Speedy: As the name suggests, a fast-growing hybrid of wild rocket and salad rocket; spicy and piquant aroma; Suitable for outdoor cultivation as well as on the windowsill.
  • Coltivata: Fast-growing, robust and broad-leaved variety of rocket; popular in Italy because of the very good aroma.
  • Pronto: Modern cultivated form of rocket rocket with very fast growth; good taste.
  • Buzzy: A variety commonly used to make arugula sprouts.
  • Bologna: This variety is a hybrid of wild rocket and rocket; the variety is fast-growing and high-yielding; balanced, good aroma.
  • Wildfire: New variety with broad, light green leaves;In terms of taste, Wildfire is said to be quite spicy and slightly reminiscent of Japanese wasabi.
  • Sylvetta: Fast-growing variety with fine leaves and an early flowering time; nice, slightly nutty aroma.

Note: The "Agano" variety is often sold as a red-leaved variety of wild rocket, but belongs to the brown mustard (Brassica juncea ).

Have you decided on a rocket variety? Then it is now time for sowing. Learn how to properly grow arugula in this article.

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