New Zealand Spinach
New Zealand Spinach is a vegetable in the Aizoaceae family. It grows best in full sun to part shade with medium moisture, and is listed for USDA zones 2-13. Plants reach harvest about 50–65 days after planting and sit about 6 inches apart.
Varieties
1 from Seeds Now · sorted by days to maturity▸New Zealand50–65 days
Can tolerate hot temperatures; Direct sow; Grows well with containers; Grows well with raised beds; Matures in <90 days; Start indoors
These New Zealand spinach seeds will produce very flavorful medium triangular-shaped green spinach leaves This is one of the few spinach varieties that produces continuously all year, from spring to fall. The more you cut and use the more it will continue to grow New Zealand spinach is a large growing plant and needs 2 foot rows, 1 foot between plants And ... unlike the other spinach varieties, the New Zealand is one that can survive through the hot summers Days to Maturity | 75 days
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Plant spacing
In a square-foot bed, space new zealand spinach about 6 in apart — that fits 4 plants in each 1-foot square (2×2). Wider rows or containers space the same.
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Storing & preserving
Refrigerate in a bag with a paper towel; best within a week.
- Freeze: Cooking greens freeze after blanching; salad greens don't.
General home-preservation guidance — for tested processing times and safety, follow the National Center for Home Food Preservation.
Growing timeline
Companion planting — with cited sources
From US/Canada cooperative-extension publications and peer-reviewed studies. Evidence-tier dots show how strongly each recommendation is backed: ●●● peer-reviewed mechanism · ●● extension consensus · ● traditional knowledge with a plausible mechanism.
Pairs well with (2)
- Common TomatoEvidence tier C: Traditional practice with plausible mechanism but limited empirical replicationweed-suppression, moisture-conservation
Low, sprawling New Zealand spinach forms a heat-tolerant living mulch that shades soil, suppresses weeds and conserves moisture between taller summer crops like tomato.
Source: S7
- CornEvidence tier C: Traditional practice with plausible mechanism but limited empirical replicationweed-suppression
Used as a groundcover beneath tall crops such as corn to suppress weeds and conserve soil moisture.
Source: S7
Sources cited
- S7
- University of Minnesota Extension
Care & troubleshooting
No curated care & troubleshooting advice for new zealand spinach yet. Our extension-sourced library currently focuses on common edible crops; we're expanding it over time.