🎨 AI-generated botanical illustration
🥕 Rocket (Arugula)
Eruca vesicaria
vegetables
Annual
Brassicaceae
☀️ Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
💧 Water
Moderate
🗺️ Zones
3-11
🧪 Soil pH
6.0-7.0
🪴 Soil Type
Well-draining
🚿 Drainage
Well-drained
📏 Spacing
4-6 in
📐 Height
8-12 in
🤝 Companions (3)
🤝 Bean
Arugula deters some bean pests with its pungent oils
🤝 Pepper
Quick intercrop between slower pepper plants
🤝 Tomato
Cool-season green beneath warm-season tomatoes
⚠️ Keep Apart (1)
⚠️ Strawberry
Strawberries compete heavily with arugula
📝 Growing Notes
Peppery salad green. Bolts quickly in heat - succession sow. Flowers edible and milder.
🛒 Buy Seeds & Plants
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Johnny's Selected Seeds
Botanical Interests
True Leaf Market
Burpee
Territorial Seed Company
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