Buy NZ Spinach / Kōkihi seeds in NZ.

Known to Maori as Kōkihi, New Zealand Spinach is a trailing plant that forms a mat of triangular soft fleshy foliage which trails or climbs and will produce an abundance of leaves year round.  The succulent leaves and stem tips grow throughout the summer season, continuing long after other varieties have finished – the more you pick, the more the plant produces.

It is useful spinach to have in the garden over summer months, being that it is drought hardy although moisture is required to avoid bitterness in the leaves.

Steam, boil or stir fry the leaves, or add them to omelettes, soup, stews or pesto.
Like many spinach varieties, the leaves contain oxalates and so should preferably be cooked or not eaten in large quantities.

Captain Cook recognised the nutritional value of the plant, being high in Vitamin C, and used it to make ‘Sauerkraut’ to fight scurvy.

Seed pack contains 15 seeds in composable zip-lock bag with instructions to sow.
Plus a plant specific info sheet; with planting tips, growing care. fruiting / harvest seasons.

• SOWING TIME:
  Spring & Early Summer
• HARVEST TIME:
  Harvest year round. Sow seeds in spring to replace older ‘leggy plants’.
• CLIMATE:
  Sow seeds in spring to replace older ‘leggy plants’. Water well in Summer months to reduce bitterness in leaves. Can be frost sensitive.
• BOTANICAL NAME:
  Tetragonia tetragonoides

Download our free Garden Journal: Plants & Seeds Record and create a booklet to paste/keep your seed info in one place.