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Ornamental Kale
Brassica oleracea · Annual
Ornamental Kale is grown as an annual, that matures to about 1–1.5 ft × 1–1.5 ft. It does best in full sun with medium water needs in well-drained and moist soil. Expect yellow blooms in spring and summer. It attracts butterflies, moths and pollinators and grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 2-11
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 1–1.5 ft × 1–1.5 ft
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Attracts
- Butterflies, Moths, Pollinators
- Native to
- W. Europe
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