A popular cool weather vegetable the quite attractive flower heads are usually eaten although the stems and leaves are also edible. This photo shows the second harvest of florets. Brassicas are heavy feeders needing high nutrition and regular watering. In temperate zones plant in July to September for harvesting up to December.
- Type
- Exotic
- Maintenance
- High
- Lifecycle
- Annual
- Container
- Zero
- Size
- Grass and Groundcover
- Root size
- Less than 2.5m (safe)
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Zones
- Semi-arid with summer rain, Moist temperate with hot summers, Arid interior, Semi-arid with winter rain, Moist temperate with warm summers, Winter rains with dry summers
- Tolerances
- Frost
- Regions
- Edible plants
- Shade levels
- Full sun
- Flowering seasons
- Spring