🎨 AI-generated botanical illustration
🥕 Malabar Spinach
Basella alba
vegetables
perennial vine
Basellaceae
☀️ Sun
full sun
💧 Water
moderate
🗺️ Zones
9-11
🧪 Soil pH
6.5-7.0
🪴 Soil Type
rich
🚿 Drainage
moist
📏 Spacing
12-18 in
📐 Height
6-10ft
⏱️ Maturity
60-80 days
🤝 Companions (4)
🤝 Both heat lovers.
Good companion.
🤝 Ground cover underneath.
Good companion.
🤝 Okra
Good companion.
🤝 Sweet Potato
Good companion.
⚠️ Keep Apart (2)
⚠️ Opposite seasons.
Incompatible.
⚠️ Spinach
Incompatible.
📝 Growing Notes
Heat-loving spinach. Needs trellis. Red-stem variety ornamental.
🛒 Buy Seeds & Plants
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Johnny's Selected Seeds
Botanical Interests
True Leaf Market
Burpee
Territorial Seed Company
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