(Broccoli)

An Italian heirloom broccoli, 'Calabrese' was first brought to the Unites States in the 1880s. It develops very large heads when mature; these develop around 58-90 days from transplant. This is not a heat resistant variety, so it is best grown as a fall crop when days become progressively cooler allowing plants to develop to their fullest.

One of the most familiar green vegetables, broccoli (also known as Italian or sprouting broccoli) is an excellent choice for the garden. Typically grown...

(Carolina Cabbage Collard Greens, Collard Greens)

This mild tasting collard green produces large, tender leaves with milky white stems. The first tender leaves are ready to harvest after 80 days when planted from seed and are sweetest when gathered in cool weather. In fact, they're sweetest after the first mild frost of fall. Cook them as you would kale or spinach.

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...

(Kale)

An exceptionally hardy, bolt-resistant collard whose leaves remain tender and tasty weeks after those of other varieties have turned bitter from the heat, 'Champion' is a selection of the long-time favorite 'Vates'. A cool-season vegetable that resembles a loose-leaved cabbage, the collard has long been a mainstay of gardens and kitchens in the southern United States, but is increasing in popularity elsewhere. Typically grown as an annual, it traces its ancestry to Brassica oleracea, a fleshy-leaved,...

(Cabbage)

An early-maturing, "miniature" cabbage that holds for weeks in the garden without splitting, 'Charmant' bears dense spherical heads that are delicious either cooked or raw. Typically grown as an annual, cabbage is a cool season vegetable that traces its ancestry to Brassica oleracea, a fleshy-leaved, short-lived perennial from coastal areas of western and southern Europe.

Maturing some 66 days after sowing, 'Charmant' forms coconut-sized heads with thick, leathery, blue-green outer leaves...

(Orange Cauliflower)

An ornamental delight to grow as well as to eat, the orange cauliflower 'Cheddar' is an excellent choice for the cool-season vegetable garden. The increased amount of orange pigments makes it richer in beta-carotene than white cauliflower types. From sowing to harvest, 'Cheddar' takes 58 to 68 days to fully mature. It is a cool season vegetable that performs best when grown in the cool fall or winter, where winters are mild and frost-free.

Grown as an annual, cauliflower traces its ancestry to...

(Chidori Pink Ornamental Kale, Ornamental Kale)

Bringing texture and shades of pink and green to the garden in the frosty fall, winter and spring seasons, ‘Chidori Pink’ is an ornamental kale, bred to be showy and descended from plants native to the coastal regions of southern and western Europe. It is a short-lived, hardy perennial typically grown as an annual.

The grayed, light green-blue leaves form a low rosette. As temperatures cool, the foliage develops bright pink colors, concentrated in the central new leaves. In the second year, the...

(Chidori Red Ornamental Kale, Ornamental Kale)

Bringing texture and violet-red and green color to the garden in the frosty fall, winter and spring seasons, ‘Chidori Red’ is an ornamental kale bred for showy leaves and descended from plants native to the coastal regions of southern and western Europe. It is a short-lived hardy perennial typically grown as an annual.

The light green to blue-green leaves form a low rosette. As temperatures cool, the foliage develops robust violet-red to deep pink-red colors, concentrated in the central new leaves....

(Chidori White Ornamental Kale, Ornamental Kale)

Bringing bold texture and white and green color to the garden in the frosty fall, winter and spring seasons, ‘Chidori’ White ornamental kale was bred for showy color from plants native to the coastal regions of southern and western Europe. It is a short-lived hardy perennial typically grown as an annual.

The grayed, light, green-blue leaves form a low rosette. As temperatures cool, the foliage develops creamy white colors, concentrated in the central new foliage. In the second year, the plants...

(Cabbage, Copenhagen Market Cabbage)

Fittingly named 'Copenhagen Market', this Danish heirloom cabbage was brought to the United States in 1909 by the H. Hartman & Company. Maturing 63 to 100 days after planting from seedlings, 'Copenhagen Market' forms 6- to 8-inch (15- to 20- centimeter) heads with upright, leathery, blue-green outer leaves and tightly packed, pale yellow-green inner leaves. Flavor is robust and sweet. Expect each mature head to weigh between 3 and 4 pounds (~ 2.5 kg). Heads resist splitting.

Cabbages...

(Broccoli)

An old reliable cultivar of one of the most familiar green vegetables, the broccoli variety 'De Cicco' is an excellent choice for the garden. Typically grown as an annual, broccoli is a cool season vegetable that 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 fleshy heads of flower buds, which are harvested and eaten before the flowers open.

Introduced about 1890, 'De Cicco' produces...