Arugula - Mediterranean

Nothing adds such an exciting, interesting flavor and texture to salads as this green. The flowers are also edible. Plant in early spring, 3 to 4 weeks before the last average frost date and plant successive plantings thereafter every 3 weeks until first fall frost approaches. Rocket Salad Arugula prefers light, fertile, moist, and well drained soil. The Mediterranean Arugula is also a good container plant. The Arugula Mediterranean Rocket Salad, Roquette, 'Eruca sativa', is a select variety grown in Italy to maintain the traditional taste and color of Italian Arygula. Arugula, when mature, grow to 2 to 3 feet tall, but the leaves are tastiest and less bitter when harvested 2 to 6 inches long. It is most often eaten raw in salads but it is also steamed or added to many other dishes like pizza. Descriptions such as hot with a hint of nut flavor, tart, and spicy are used to describe Arugula. In warmer climates, delay planting during the heat of the summer. ... get more information