--- product_id: 75049426 title: "Okinawa Spinach - Gynura crepioides - Wellspring Garden Starter Plant - Easy to Grow Edible Plant - Vegetable Live Plant for Indoor & Outdoor Growing & Planting - Ideal for Home, Backyard & Gardening" brand: "wellspring gardens" price: "VT8849" currency: VUV in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/75049426-okinawa-spinach-gynura-crepioides-wellspring-garden-starter-plant-easy-to store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # 1 ft height USDA Zones 8b-11 Spicy flavor Okinawa Spinach - Gynura crepioides - Wellspring Garden Starter Plant - Easy to Grow Edible Plant - Vegetable Live Plant for Indoor & Outdoor Growing & Planting - Ideal for Home, Backyard & Gardening **Brand:** wellspring gardens **Price:** VT8849 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🌟 Spice Up Your Garden with Okinawa Spinach! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Okinawa Spinach - Gynura crepioides - Wellspring Garden Starter Plant - Easy to Grow Edible Plant - Vegetable Live Plant for Indoor & Outdoor Growing & Planting - Ideal for Home, Backyard & Gardening by wellspring gardens - **How much does it cost?** VT8849 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/75049426-okinawa-spinach-gynura-crepioides-wellspring-garden-starter-plant-easy-to) ## Best For - wellspring gardens enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted wellspring gardens brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **🍳 Culinary Delight:** Elevate your dishes with a zesty, lemon-pepper flavor that excites the palate. - • **🌍 Eco-Friendly Choice:** Contribute to sustainability by growing your own fresh vegetables at home. - • **🌈 A Feast for the Eyes:** Unique dark green and iridescent purple leaves add flair to any garden. - • **🌿 Grow Your Own Greens:** Transform your space with this easy-to-care-for edible plant! - • **🌞 Thrive Indoors or Outdoors:** Perfect for any environment, from cozy kitchens to sunny backyards. ## Overview Okinawa Spinach (Gynura crepioides) is a hardy, heat-tolerant edible plant that thrives in USDA Hardiness Zones 8b-11. It reaches an average height of 1 foot and features unique dark green leaves with iridescent purple undersides. This versatile plant is perfect for both indoor and outdoor growing, offering a spicy, lemon-pepper flavor that enhances various dishes. Arriving as a young starter plant, it’s easy to nurture and ideal for creating a lush, edible landscape. ## Description Experience the fresh flavors and vibrant beauty of Okinawa Spinach (Gynura crepioides) from Wellspring Gardens. This unique, hardy subtropical plant is perfect for outdoor and indoor settings, thriving in USDA Zones 8b-11. With its shiny, dark green leaves that reveal an iridescent purple underside, Okinawa Spinach adds a stunning touch to any garden or kitchen space. Reaching about 1 foot at maturity, it serves as a beautiful ground cover and culinary delight. Known for its spicy, lemon-pepper taste, it’s a versatile ingredient, whether in salads or stir-fries. Delivered as a healthy, 3-8 inch baby plant in a 3-inch pot, Okinawa Spinach adapts well to full or partial sun with average water needs. Although it may die back in freezing temperatures, it returns with warmth, making it an easy-to-grow and resilient addition to your edible landscape. Bring color, flavor, and tropical charm to your garden with this exceptional, easy-to-grow plant! ## Features - MATURE SIZE & CARE GUIDE: Okinawa Spinach (Gynura crepioides) reaches an average height of 1 foot at maturity, thriving in USDA Hardiness Zones 8b-11. It prefers full to part sun exposure and requires moderate watering for best results. This hardy, heat-tolerant plant is an excellent ground cover but may die back in cold temperatures, returning when warmth resumes. - SIZE UPON ARRIVAL: Your new Okinawa Spinach plant arrives as a 3-8 inch young starter in a 3-inch pot, ready to grow under your care. Nurture it in your preferred space—whether indoors or outdoors—and watch it mature into a flavorful, versatile addition to your garden. - FLAVOR & USES: Bring fresh, zesty greens to your kitchen with Okinawa Spinach! This plant offers a spicy, lemon-pepper flavor that complements salads and stir-fries. Not a true spinach, but an ideal substitute, adding bright, bold taste and texture to your dishes with every bite. - DISTINCTIVE APPEARANCE: The plant's unique leaves are dark green on top and iridescent purple underneath, measuring 1.5-3 inches in length. Its vibrant colors and compact growth make it a standout addition to gardens, patios, and even indoor spaces, adding beauty along with edibility. - IDEAL FOR GARDENS: Okinawa Spinach doubles as both an attractive ground cover and a tasty vegetable plant. Known for its toughness in subtropical climates, this plant flourishes in high heat, creating a lush, edible landscape in your yard or garden. ## Product Details - **Indoor/Outdoor Usage:** Indoor - **Brand:** Wellspring Gardens - **Material Feature:** GMO Free - **Color:** Green,Purple - **Expected Blooming Period:** Winter - **Sunlight Exposure:** Full Sun - **Unit Count:** 1.0 Count - **Expected Planting Period:** Winter - **USDA Hardiness Zone:** 8 - **Moisture Needs:** Moderate Watering ## Images ![Okinawa Spinach - Gynura crepioides - Wellspring Garden Starter Plant - Easy to Grow Edible Plant - Vegetable Live Plant for Indoor & Outdoor Growing & Planting - Ideal for Home, Backyard & Gardening - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91QY3kofwuL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Style** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Healthy and tasty spinach *by C***T on July 23, 2025* A favorite in my garden. One planted lasted 3 years.great freshmen salads and also cooked. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ excellent quality & arrived in perfect shape and health *by B***R on September 14, 2020* I love this Longevity Spinach plant. It arrived extremely healthy and well packaged. It has a pretty brown stem with bright beautiful green leaves with not a bug on it. I planted it to keep indoors year round in a 12'" terracotta pot with lightly premoistened purely organic soil and 2 self watering plant stakes with a colored wine bottle full of water in each plant stake (colored bottle to keep light out of bottle to prevent algae growing in the bottles of water that's inserted in the plant stakes). It gets a couple hours of window sun and when the sun goes down it gets about 3 hours under a led daylight bulb that's about 10"s to a foot above it. It's been about two -three weeks and has new growth. This is my first time using the self watering plant stakes and only watered the soil one time about a week after I planted it and have just been letting the self watering plant stakes do the watering since then and it seams happy with being watered just by the 2 plant stakes so far. I previously had problems with gnats in some other types of plants that I grew from seed and hoping the self watering plant stakes will prevent that from happening again. The listing doesn't mention if it was grown organically or not and I'm assuming it wasn't, which bothers me, but I still gave them 5 stars. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Mine Withered During a Recent Snow Storm But it's Regrowing *by G***D on January 1, 2021* I received a very healthy plant and it was growing marvelously. I transferred it into the brown pot that you see in the pics. I got the pot from a local store for under $5. I also bought a bag of soil on Amazon for about $20. I left the plant out on my window sill and watered it daily, or sometimes would spray it with water. It was growing very nicely every week.I'm in New York and we had a recent snowstorm. I read online that spinach can grow in cold weathers and snow, so I left it outside. However, the next day after the storm, the plant withered. I didn't take any pics of that; I wish I did. I decided to just keep the pot in the house and to my surprise, I saw some baby leaves growing. I cut off all the black/withered twigs and dead lines. I am again watering daily but this time I'm keeping the plant inside. I'll only put it outside if it's warm and sunny. I'm actually impressed it's regrowing. It's a great feeling to see something come back to life.Side Note: the smaller pot next to the bigger pot is me trying to grow a lemon seed from scratch. Nothing yet, Lol. ## Frequently Bought Together - Okinawa Spinach - Gynura crepioides - Wellspring Garden Starter Plant - Easy to Grow Edible Plant - Vegetable Live Plant for Indoor & Outdoor Growing & Planting - Ideal for Home, Backyard & Gardening - Vanilla Bean Orchid Live Plant - Vanilla planifolia by Wellspring Gardens - Fragrant Vanilla Beans, Versatile Vine, Tropical Elegance, Aromatic Treasure - Vanilla Bean Starter Plant - Yerba Mate - Ilex paraguariensis by Wellspring Gardens - South American Tea Plant - Cultural Heritage Tree - Exotic Botanical Energizer - Holly Family Plant - Starter Plant Herb Plant --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vu/products/75049426-okinawa-spinach-gynura-crepioides-wellspring-garden-starter-plant-easy-to](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/75049426-okinawa-spinach-gynura-crepioides-wellspring-garden-starter-plant-easy-to) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vanuatu* *Store origin: VU* *Last updated: 2026-05-08*