PlantsVegetables & Roots
Arugula
Eruca vesicaria
Zone 6a garden plant. Hardy through a Chicago winter unless the note says to pot it.
Peppery cool-season green
EasyVegetables & RootsEdible
- Light
- Full sun–part shade
- Moisture
- Medium
- Mature size
- 1 ft
- Spacing
- 4 in
- Bloom or harvest
- Leaves Apr–Jun and Sep–Oct
- How it spreads
- Annual
- What to buy
- Direct sow.
- When to plant
- Sow late March and again in August.
In the design
Sow thick and cut young.
If you eat it
Leaves
Wash. It gets painfully hot once it bolts.
Only eat what you planted and can name. This is not a foraging or medical guide.
