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Wild Rocket Dragons Tongue in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Diplotaxis Tenuifola 'Dragon's Tongue'

 

Wild Rocket 'Dragon's Tongue'

Wild Rocket is a short lived perennial leafy vegetable. It forms a rosette of thin, lance shaped, lobed leaves up to 20 cms. long Young leaves may be 6-8cm long, while the mature leaves reach 16-20cm long. Thin stems, up to 80cm high, are leafless and hairless. The plant has a long tap root and bright yellow 4-petalled flowers in Spring and Summer, and the seeds ripen from early Summer to early Autumn. The leaves are edible and have a peppery flavour. Wild Rocket 'Dragons Tongue' is slow to bolt, coping well with varying soils and weather conditions. The leaves are dark green with purple veining.

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plant Features
  • Wild Rocket Dragons Tongue likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Wild Rocket Dragons Tongue likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Wild Rocket Dragons Tongue is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Wild Rocket Dragons Tongue likes moist and rich

    Moist and rich

 
plant information

Common name

Wild Rocket 'Dragon's Tongue'

Latin name

Diplotaxis Tenuifola 'Dragon's Tongue'

type

Short-lived perennial

family

Brassicaceae

ph

5.5 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Wild Rocket Dragons Tongue likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Wild Rocket Dragons Tongue is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Wild Rocket Dragons Tongue likes moist and rich

    Moist and rich

  • Water

    Wild Rocket Dragons Tongue likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Wild Rocket Dragons Tongue is 0.20meters x 0.60meters 0.20 M 0.60 M

Diplotaxis Tenuifola 'Dragon's Tongue'

Wild Rocket is a short lived perennial leafy vegetable. It forms a rosette of thin, lance shaped, lobed leaves up to 20 cms. long Young leaves may be 6-8cm long, while the mature leaves reach 16-20cm long. Thin stems, up to 80cm high, are leafless and hairless. The plant has a long tap root and bright yellow 4-petalled flowers in Spring and Summer, and the seeds ripen from early Summer to early Autumn. The leaves are edible and have a peppery flavour. Wild Rocket 'Dragons Tongue' is slow to bolt, coping well with varying soils and weather conditions. The leaves are dark green with purple veining.


Flowering

From Mid Spring TO Mid Summer

4-petalled yellow flowers appear in mid Sprnig through to mid or late Summer

 

Propagating by seed in Autumn

From Mid Summer TO Mid Autumn

Seed is best sown in situ as soon as it is ripe - which can be any time from mid Summer to mid Autumn -, but it can also be sown in situ in Spring. The seed usually germinates in the Autumn. Sow in fertile, moisture retentive soil in full or partial sun. Keep the soil moist.

 

Planting

From Early Spring TO Late Winter

This plant has a tap-root, and as with most tap-rooted plants should be sown in situ, rather than transplanted from seed sown elsewhere, as tap-rooted plants do not transplant well

 
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