Swiss chard
Acelga · Blette / Bette
🧩 Role in the garden
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Height
- medium (40–100 cm)
- Shape
- upright
- Roots
- medium depth
- Sun
- tolerates some shade
- Season
- cool season
- Grows in
- summer or winter beds
- Feeds
- medium feeder
Jobs in the bed
A plain neighbour: no special job.
Rotation
Do not return Amaranthaceae to the same spot for 3–4 years. Same family:
✓ Good neighbours
✗ Keep apart
None listed.
⚠ Use caution
- ⚠ BeetrootSwiss chard: Easy neighbour; keep from beet & spinach (same family — shared leaf-miner/disease)
- ⚠ Spinachkeep from beet & spinach (same family — shared leaf-miner/disease)
✿ Helpful flowers & herbs
None listed.