Eruca sativa seed

LATIN NAME: Eruca sativa

COMMON NAME: Arugula

LATIN NAME: Eruca sativa

COMMON NAME: Arugula

LATIN NAME: Eruca sativa

COMMON NAME: Arugula

LATIN NAME: Eruca sativa

COMMON NAME: Arugula

Arugula is the quick, peppery, salad leaf of the warm gardens, and its dark, lobed leaves have been a familiar of the table for a very long time. The low, leafy plant sends up the rosette of the deeply lobed, dark-green leaves with a fine, peppery bite, and later the small, white, four-petalled flowers with the dark veins open on the upright stems. The young leaves are the heart of the salad bowl, and the plant is one of the fastest and the easiest of the salad crops. It is a generous, easy plant of the cool or the warm season.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

Arugula has a steady and growing place in the plant science, and it has been studied as a fast, peppery salad crop and a member of the brassica family. Researchers have looked at the compounds that give the leaves their peppery bite, and the plant keeps showing up in the work on the leafy greens and the quick salad crops. The dark, lobed leaves and the small, white flowers have also made it a fine garden plant, and it is a regular subject of the studies of the brassicas and the fast-growing salad leaves.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

Arugula is grown for the quick, peppery leaves. The young, dark, lobed leaves are the heart of the salad bowl, and they add a fine, peppery bite to the salads, the sandwiches, the pizzas and the pasta dishes. The plant is one of the fastest and the easiest of the salad crops, giving the leaves within a few weeks of the sowing, and the small, white flowers with the dark veins are a fine, easy addition to the salad as well. It has drawn attention in the international food press for its peppery leaves and its easy, quick ways, and it is a generous, easy plant of the sunny, well-drained ground.

The arugula has been a salad leaf of the warm lands for a very long time, and the dark, lobed leaves bring a fine, peppery bite to the salad bowl. The young leaves are picked within a few weeks of the sowing, and the plant will go on giving fresh leaves for a long season in the cool weather. The small, white flowers with the dark veins are edible as well, and a few of them make a fine, pretty garnish.

The arugula is a fine, quick crop for the salad garden, and the dark, lobed leaves are picked within a few weeks of the sowing. The plant grows on well in the cool weather and gives a long season of the fresh leaves.

To grow the arugula from seed, sprinkle the small, round seeds thinly over moist seed trays of fine, free-draining soil and press them in lightly, keep them in a bright, open spot and water gently. The seedlings come up within a few days and the first leaves are ready in a few weeks. Give them the sun or the light shade and the cool, moist soil, and the peppery leaves will be there for the salad bowl all through the cool season.

Eruca Sativa
Salad Rocket

This is the traditional variety of Mediterranean salad rocket. The plants will produce a good crop throughout the season and grows back rapidly.

Sow direct in drills, anytime from February to September. For almost an all year round supply by staggering sowings. Sow in a pot all year round on the windowsill. Simple to grow, this plant tolerates most soils in full sun. Pick the leaves as required, best used fresh.