Warrigal Greens    Tetragonia tetragonoides
 
Warrigal Greens are Australia’s answer to English spinach.  You can use Warrigal Greens the way you’d use spinach, chard, silverbeet and bok choy. Like with spinach, the leaves are rich in oxalates, so should be blanched or cooked before eating. Small yellowish flowers will appear in Spring and Summer; these may be eaten too.
 
Warrigal Greens is a leafy green herb that grows in sunny to shady spots. They’ll tolerate somewhat poor soil, but do better when kept moist in a rich, free-draining loam. This plant may die back during Winter, but may revive itself in the Spring. In colder regions, treat it as an annual.
It makes an excellent gap filler, ground cover or pot herb.
 
20cm height x 200cm sprawl
Lizard attracting
 
FLOWERING MONTHS - J F M A M J J A S O N D