Malabar Spinach 'Rubra'

Malabar spinach is an ornamental edible planted once warmer night temperatures arrive in early summer. Unlike most greens we enjoy, it thrives in high heat and quickly twines up trellises in heat that would wilt most gardeners. As the days get shorter in later summer, it produces flowers, which marks the end of the edible stage. However, the plant grows into a handsome decorative vine dripping with pink flowers and purple pearl-like berries.