{"id":26024,"date":"2020-07-15T11:59:16","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T09:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=26024"},"modified":"2020-07-15T11:59:17","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T09:59:17","slug":"a-diversity-of-garden-orach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=26024","title":{"rendered":"A diversity of garden orach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve grown numerous forms of garden orach (Atriplex hortensis<\/em>; hagemelde) over the years as they are useful and decorative (edimental) annuals for the summer garden. Even though they are grown quite close to each other they don’t see to cross much. My red form (var. rubra<\/em>) has maintained its colour for over 20 years in one small patch. Other favourites include golden orach (var. aurea) and an heirloom from Seed Savers Exchange in the US “Marie Barnes”. My favourite though is the Norwegian heirloom “Backlund\/Bly” with enormous green leaves. Sadly, the seed doesn’t mature often here and I’ve lost it. Although this plant originated in Norway, it no doubt modified to its new home in the Mid-West in the US where it was maintained for several generations in a Norwegian family. See the (Norwegian) story here:
http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/3_Backlund-Bly_Hagemelde.pdf<\/a>
There are also a number of green Danish heirlooms like “Lille N\u00e6stved Skole”
You can maybe spot red and golden orach as well as “Marie Barnes” in this salad ingredient picture (click on the plants in the picture for the names) https:\/\/www.adressa.no\/pluss\/magasin\/article9858403.ece<\/a>?rs6280711594805805236&t=1
I use them mainly in summer, both in mixed salads and cooked in numerous dishes, as there are plenty of other perennial greens available in early summer.\u00a0
See the pictures below:<\/p>\n