Arugula, Heirloom Seeds

Arugula, Heirloom Seeds — The Fast-Growing Italian Rocket With Peppery Nutty Flavor

Arugula — also known as Rocket — is the Italian salad green that transformed the way the world thinks about salad. Long popular in Italian cuisine, its sharp, distinctive, peppery-nutty flavor is best when leaves are picked young at 2–3 inches long, before the heat of summer intensifies the bite. Fast-growing and self-seeding, arugula is one of the easiest and most rewarding greens in the cool-season garden. Baby leaves are ready in just 22 days; full maturity at 45–50 days. Leafy plants grow 6–12 inches tall and produce tiny, delicate flowers that are themselves edible and peppery. A true cool-season green that thrives in spring and fall.

Why Grow Arugula?

• Peppery, nutty flavor — best when picked young at 2–3 inches
• Blazing fast — baby leaves in 22 days, full maturity at 45–50 days
• Self-seeding and hardy — returns reliably once established
• Edible flowers — tiny, delicate, and peppery
• Excellent for salads and sandwiches — the classic Italian rocket green
• Open-pollinated heirloom — save seed year after year

Growing Notes

Direct sow outdoors in early spring or fall — arugula prefers cool weather and bolts quickly in heat. Sow seeds ¼ inch deep, thinly, in rows 12 inches apart. Thin to 6 inches. Full sun to part shade. Keep soil consistently moist. Succession sow every 2–3 weeks for continuous harvest. Harvest leaves before flowering for best flavor.

Days to maturity: 22 days (baby), 45–50 days (mature)
Packet size: 1.0 g / 300+ seeds
Type: Heirloom, Open-Pollinated, Annual
Plant height: 6–12 inches
Spacing: 6 inches
Sun: Full sun to part shade
USDA Zones: 3–12