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I am a pretty big fan of Malabar spinach. Not only does it have tiny, tiny cluster of white flowers, dark green and red leaves, it grows like crazy in the heat of summer AND the leaves taste like spinach when cooked. But definitely not when eaten raw. Here in ATX where it gets up to 110 with 90% humidity and a drought, ours grew up the poles of our pergola and all the way across to the other side. And it will never get out of hand since it does not fair well in the cold and dies at the first hint of a freeze. Just save a couple seeds, plant again after the last freeze of the spring and away they go.