Many underestimate the variety of he althy leafy greens. We introduce you to the most popular old and new spinach varieties.
The he althy spinach (Spinacia oleracea) can also easily be grown in your own garden. Varieties that are resistant to powdery mildew and other plant diseases make cultivation particularly easy. Therefore, below we present an overview of the 25 best spinach varieties.
The 25 Best Spinach Varieties
The numerous varieties of spinach differ mainly in terms of taste, flowering time, sowing time and harvest time. The best new and well-established varieties are listed below.
- 'Baby Leaf (F1)': Early variety with particularly tender leaves; the dark green, small leaves are erect and easy to harvest; ideal for salads
- 'Bordeaux (F1)': French variety with slightly red-purple stems; can be grown as baby spinach and is particularly resistant to downy mildew; the extension is also successful on the balcony
- ‘Butterfly’: Proven variety for spring and autumn cultivation with a good yield
- 'Celesta (F1)': Newer variety with very late flowering, which means it can also be grown in summer; high-yielding and resistant to powdery mildew
- 'Columbia (F1)': Modern cultivar with a very late flowering time; can therefore also be cultivated in the summer months; fast-growing and high-yielding with very good resistance to powdery mildew
- 'Corvair (F1)': High yielding variety; dark green leaves; for spring and autumn cultivation; spicy taste
- ‘Corvette (F1)’: Modern, bolt-resistant (late-flowering) variety with good resistance to powdery mildew
- 'Early 7 (F1)': Fast-growing and very productive variety from Italy; suitable for summer cultivation
- 'Emilia (F1)': Modern variety from commercial cultivation, which is very productive and robust against downy mildew; flowers late and is fast growing
- 'Gamma': Very late flowering variety, suitable for summer cultivation; good yield
- 'Hector (F1)': Italian variety with very good growth and high yield; grows quite upright and can be harvested well
- 'Junius (F1)': Fast-growing and high-yielding variety from France with late flowering; can also be grown in summer
- ‘Lazio (F1)’: Very productive and fast-growing variety with very good resistance to downy mildew
- 'Matador'': Proven variety with good characteristics: Late flowering period, fast growing, high yielding and frost hardy
- 'Merlin (F1)': Particularly productive variety with a late flowering time; good resistance to powdery mildew; freezes well
- 'Mikado (F1)': Upright growing variety with long stems; high-yield and can be harvested particularly well
- 'Monnopa': modern and fast-growing variety with late flowering; high-yielding and resistant to powdery mildew; should be robust against the (cucumber) mosaic virus
- 'Palco (F1)': Fast-growing and high-yielding spinach variety with good resistance to powdery mildew; especially for spring and autumn cultivation
- 'Parys (F1)': Very productive and robust variety from France; particularly well suited due to the high mildew resistance
- 'Picasso (F1)': Late flowering variety that can also be grown in the summer months; this spinach variety stays small (baby spinach) and is also suitable for growing on the balcony
- 'Red Cardinal': New cultivar with optically very attractive red stems; young leaves are ideal for salads or to decorate dishes
- 'Symphonie (F1)': Modern, high-yielding variety that can also be grown in summer
- 'Viking (F1)': Italian variety with moderate growth but large, upright growing tufts; tender and aromatic
- 'Viridis': Traditional Italian variety that can be grown as both baby and root spinach
- 'Winterriesen': Large-leaved variety that is only sown in autumn; fine-spicy taste
Now that you have decided on a spinach variety, you will find all the information you need to grow spinach here.