For those of us who balk at pickled beets, adding some leaves in with a salad mix can give us or beets without even knowing it. Bulls Blood has a nice dark reddish purple leaf. Back To Top Swiss Chard Swiss chard is similar in culture to beets and spinach higher pH, plenty of moisture and moderate fertility. Swiss chard is not a commonly grown vegetable in Arkansas, but it may be one you want to try. A hard freeze will burn it back but it takes mid to low teens to kill it outright.
Swiss chard has more variability of leaf colors than other greens.
There are numerous varieties with outstanding color. The stalks, or petioles, is where the main coloring is, but there will also be some coloration in the veins of the leaves. Many of the standard chards have a nice cream or white petiole which complements the green leaves. Rhubarb chard has an outstanding red stalk. Chard has been getting a lot of press lately as a fall ornamental.