Ruby Red Swiss Chard offers striking candy-apple red stems paired with dark green leaves featuring red veins, creating a stunning visual addition to salads, stir-fries, and garden beds alike. This heirloom variety transforms ordinary meals into culinary art while delivering exceptional nutrition and flavor. Time your planting wisely—sow after the last frost threat has passed, as young plants may bolt if exposed to unexpected cold snaps. Once established, Ruby Red rewards your patience with remarkable productivity. Harvest tender baby leaves in just 32 days for delicate salad greens, or allow fuller bunches to develop by 59 days for heartier cooking applications. The tender stems are as flavorful as the leaves, making this variety exceptionally versatile in the kitchen. 

Germination Rate: 85%. Germination Date: 5/25. WILL.

Order today and grow your own fresh Swiss Chard in your spring & fall gardens. 

David’s Garden Seeds is a Veteran owned business that has been offering quality Swiss chard seeds since 2009.

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We cannot possibly put all the directions you need for growing Swiss chard in your area on the seed package. We recommend that you read articles or check with other gardeners in your area.

This is an heirloom seed, meaning it has been passed down from generation to generation for at least 75 years. As a rule, heirloom seeds taste better and will grow the same year after year.

These are also open pollinated meaning they will reproduce themselves. While all heirlooms are open pollinated not all open pollinated seeds are heirlooms.