New Zealand spinach
Plant·Tetragonia tetragonioides
Full sun
Sun
Medium
Water
Well-drained soil
Drainage
Zones 8–11
Hardiness
New Zealand spinach (Tetragonia tetragonioides) is a plant. It grows best in full sun and has moderate water needs.
Through the year
Out of seasonLeafing outReady to harvest
Works well with
from wiki dataNo companions recorded.
WHAT IT NEEDS
Wants full sun
Needs moderate water
Needs well-drained soil
Prefers soil pH 6.5–7
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Prefers sandy, loamy, clay soil
Tolerates some soil compaction
Draws up magnesium, iron, calcium from deep in the soil
Adds a moderate amount of organic matter to the soil
WHAT IT GIVES
Gives mulch biomass (edible leaves and shoots)
Provides magnesium
Provides iron
Provides calcium
HOW IT GROWS
SIZE & SPACING
Ground cover
Height15–30 cm
Spacing30 cm (min 20 cm)
Root depthShallow
Width60–100 cm
Width figures are rough estimates, the most variable measurement in our data.
AI estimate · accuracy improves as growers contribute corrections.
HOW TO PROPAGATE
Propagate by seed
Difficulty
Establishes in about 1 yr
Self-seeds readily on its own
Where this comes from
Parsed11 Sept 2026
ConfidenceNot recorded