A bold leafy green with fiery character 🔥🌿, Red Giant Mustard produces large, savoyed leaves in deep maroon-red ❤️🖤 with bright green veins. Known for its spicy bite and cold tolerance ❄️💪, this Japanese heirloom is equally at home in...
25 Seeds+
🌱 Red Giant Mustard Seeds
Brassica juncea
A bold leafy green with fiery character 🔥🌿, Red Giant Mustard produces large, savoyed leaves in deep maroon-red ❤️🖤 with bright green veins. Known for its spicy bite and cold tolerance ❄️💪, this Japanese heirloom is equally at home in salads, stir-fries, pickles, and braises. Easy to grow, highly nutritious, and visually stunning — it’s a true powerhouse crop for chefs and gardeners alike.
👅 Flavor Profile:
Peppery 🌶️, horseradish-like 🌿, with spicy mustard heat 💥 and earthy undertones 🌱.
🍴 Culinary Uses:
🥗 Add baby leaves to salad mixes for a spicy kick
🥬 Sauté mature leaves like spinach for bold sides
🥟 Use in stir-fries, dumplings & noodle bowls
🥒 Pickle leaves for tangy, spicy condiments
🍲 Add to soups, curries, or braises for heat + depth
👨🍳 Chef’s Pitch:
Red Giant Mustard is the chef’s fiery green 🌱👨🍳🔥. Its ruby-red, crinkled leaves bring bold flavor and dramatic color to plates, salads, and hot dishes. Perfect for chefs who want a leafy green that looks as powerful as it tastes.
🌱 Growing Notes:
🪴 Hardy annual, 12–18” tall, vigorous and fast-growing
❤️ Large savoyed leaves with red-maroon coloration
⏱ Baby leaves in 20–25 days, full maturity in 45–50 days
🌞 Thrives in cool weather, frost enhances sweetness
📦 Cut-and-come-again harvest for continuous supply
Cook your harvest
Use your harvest in these recipes. Check the variety notes and substitutions in each recipe.
Follow the growing notes in the description and on your seed packet. Sowing time, temperature and harvest stage depend on the variety.
See the description for this variety’s kitchen uses and the harvest stage that suits your recipe.
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