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Vineyard Wall Rocket

Diplotaxis viminea

Also called Wall Rocket

Vineyard Wall Rocket
Photo: Boris Gaberšček, CC BY 2.5 si

Vineyard wall rocket is a small annual herb in the cabbage family, native to the Mediterranean, that grows to about 6 cm tall. It is a weed of fields, vineyards and vegetable plots rather than a garden plant, and it grows easily from seed in sunny, open ground.

Family
Brassicaceae (Cabbage family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water lightly; it tolerates dry spells once established.
Soil
Well-drained, poor to average soil.
Temperature
10–25 °C; tolerates mild winters but not hard frost.
How easy
Easy
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
Medit.
Climate
subtropical

About

Diplotaxis viminea also known by the common name Vineyard wall rocket is a species of annual herb in the family Brassicaceae. They have a self-supporting growth form and simple, broad leaves. Individuals can grow to 5.8 cm tall. It forms a basal rosette of leaves and flowering stems with or without leaves. It blooms June through October in western Europe, but may have an extended flowering period of up to eight months elsewhere in its range. This species grows in fields and vineyards and is considered by some to be a weed of vegetable crops, vineyards, and gardens.

Other Diplotaxis plants

Annual wallrocket · Jaramago de Alborán · Perennial Wall-rocket

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Diplotaxis viminea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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