General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Plant Height: 12-36 inches
Plant Spread: 12-18 inches
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: Green
Other: green
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Groundcover
Vegetable
Salad greens
Cooked greens
Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Stem
Leaves
Fruit
Flowers
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Other info: Needs no stratification.
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Wind

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Common names
  • Good King Henry
  • Goosefoot
  • English Mercury
  • Poor-man's Asparagus
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Blitum bonus-henricus
  • Synonym: Chenopodium bonus-henricus

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Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-04-30
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-04-30
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-05-10

Photo by Thomas Mathis

 Courtesy Seeds of Victoria
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Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-05-10
Location: Grossglocknerhochalpenstrasse (Austria)
Date: 2017-04-07
Location: Grossglocknerhochalpenstrasse (Austria)
Date: 2017-04-07
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