Bright Lights Swiss Chard

Beta Vulgaris 'Bright Lights'

Bright Lights Swiss Chard is a colorful culinary annual primarily with a long harvest season grown for its edible green foliage.  It have improved ornamental value with its brightly colored stalks that come in yellow, orange, purple, red, and white while maintaining its good flavor.  Grows best in cool weather with full sun and rich light soils with good drainage.  Harvest times usually last from late spring to winter.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low maintenance plant.  No serious pests or diseases.  Beets may suffer from downy or powdery mildew, root rots, or leaf spots.  Watch for aphids, leaf miners, leafhoppers, and flea beetles. 

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Kitchen Gardens, Groundcover, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Cabbage, Beans, Onion

 IMAGES: User:Ragesoss, Row of Swiss Chard at Phipps Conservatory, CC BY-SA 3.0, (2) cristina.sanvito, biete 'Bright Lights', (3) Photo by David J. Stang, Beta vulgaris var. cicla Bright Lights 2zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (4) Lufa Farms, Lufa Farms Rainbow Chard Growing in NFT System, CC BY-SA 2.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.