(Kale, Winterbor Kale)

A showy, tasty, and exceptionally cold-hardy kale, 'Winterbor' has tightly ruffled foliage that comes into its glory in cool weather. Typically grown as an annual, kale is a cool season vegetable tracing its ancestry to Brassica oleracea, a fleshy-leaved, short-lived perennial from coastal areas of western and southern Europe.

This cultivar bears short-stemmed rosettes of long-stalked, heavily curled, blue-green leaves. In cool weather the foliage deepens in color while becoming more...

(Collard Greens, Kale, Ornamental Kale)

As beautiful as they are delicious, kale, collards, flowering cabbage, and the other vegetables in this group derive from Brassica oleracea, a fleshy-leaved short-lived perennial from the coastal areas of western and southern Europe. They are typically grown as annuals.

Plants in this group have open rosettes (rather than closed heads) of large, fleshy, waxy, edible leaves. Ornamental kales and ornamental cabbages bear many-leaved, chrysanthemum-like rosettes on short stems, whereas...

(Chidori Ornamental Kale, Ornamental Kale)

Bringing texture and color to the garden in the frosty fall, winter and spring seasons, ornamental kales in the Chidori Series are noted for their particularly rich hues. Typically grown as annuals, they derive from Brassica oleracea, a fleshy-leaved, short-lived perennial from coastal areas of western and southern Europe.

The frilly, fringed leaves form low, clumping rosettes that resemble huge chrysanthemum flowers. Their centers have white, red or rose colored leaves that are...

(Dynasty Ornamental Kale, Ornamental Kale)

Bringing foliar texture and color to the garden in the frosty fall, winter and spring seasons, ornamental kales in the Dynasty (Osaka) series are known for their upright growth and rich colors. Typically grown as annuals, they derive from Brassica oleracea, a fleshy-leaved, short-lived perennial from coastal areas of western and southern Europe.

Wide as dinner plates, the chrysanthemum-like rosettes of large wavy-edged leaves have broad blue-green rims with pink, white, or red centers....

(Kamome Kale)

Bearing large dense colorful heads of ruffled leaves, ornamental kales in the Kamome Series make wonderful ornamental plants for the fall and winter garden. Typically grown as annuals, they derive from Brassica oleracea, a fleshy-leaved, short-lived perennial from coastal areas of western and southern Europe.

Wide as dinner plates, the chrysanthemum-like rosettes of large ruffled leaves have broad green rims with pink, white, or red centers. Colors are strongest when nights are consistently...

(Ornamental Kale)

Bearing large colorful chrysanthemum-like heads of heavily ruffled leaves, ornamental kales in the Nagoya Series make wonderful ornamental plants for the fall and winter garden. Typically grown as annuals, they derive from Brassica oleracea, a fleshy-leaved, short-lived perennial from coastal areas of western and southern Europe.

Wide as dinner plates, the many-leaved rosettes of large ruffled leaves have broad green or purplish-green rims with rose, white, or red centers. Colors are...

(Chinese Broccoli)

Chinese broccoli is an annual vegetable long popular in Asia and increasingly grown in Western gardens. This cool-season green traces its ancestry to Brassica oleracea, a fleshy-leaved, short-lived perennial from coastal areas of western and southern Europe. It is grown for its loosely clustered green flower buds and pungent leaves, which are harvested and eaten before the flowers open. The flower buds are borne on thick erect stems furnished with blue-green, paddle-shaped, long-stalked...

(Cauliflower)

A pleasure to grow as well as to eat, cauliflower is an excellent choice for the cool-season vegetable garden. Grown as an annual, it traces its ancestry to Brassica oleracea, a fleshy-leaved, short-lived perennial from coastal areas of western and southern Europe. When mature, it produces large, fleshy, central heads of flower buds (called "curds"), which are harvested and eaten before the flowers open. The heads are borne on thick short stalks above whorls of long leathery blue-green leaves....

(Cabbage)

Available in many shapes and colors, cabbage forms large, dense heads of thick, fleshy leaves that are delicious eaten cooked or raw. Typically grown as an annual, this cool season vegetable is a fleshy-leaved, short-lived perennial that originates from the coastal areas of western and southern Europe. Chinese or napa cabbage belongs to another species, B. rapa.

Cabbages are categorized by their texture and color. Most have smooth, ribbed, somewhat leathery leaves with a...

(Brussels Sprouts)

The Brussels sprout is a cool season vegetable first cultivated in late medieval or renaissance Europe in what is now Belgium, then called Flanders. It was brought to the United States in the mid-nineteenth century and began to be heavily cultivated there in the mid-twentieth century. Typically grown as an annual, it traces its ancestry to Brassica oleracea, a fleshy-leaved, short-lived perennial from coastal areas of western and southern Europe.

Brussels sprout plants have strong...