Brassica oleracea palmifolia
Brassica oleracea palmifolia
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
Succeeds in full sun in a well-drained fertile preferably alkaline soil[1]. Prefers a heavy soil[2]. Succeeds in any reasonable soil. Succeeds in maritime gardens[1]. Tolerates a pH in the range 4.3 to 8.3.
Propagation
Seed - sow in a seedbed outdoors in mid spring. Plant out in summer as space allows. Do not let the seedlings get overcrowded or they will soon become leggy and will not make such good plants. If your seedlings do get leggy, it is possible to plant them rather deeper into the soil - the buried stems will soon form roots and the plant will be better supported. Cite as: Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Brassica+oleracea+palmifolia>
Pollinators
Bees
References
- [1]The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. — Huxley. A. · MacMillan Press · 1992 · ISBN 0-333-47494-5 ↩︎Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
- [2]New Vegetable Growers Handbook. — Simons. · Penguin · 1977 · ISBN 0-14-046-050-0 ↩︎A good guide to growing vegetables in temperate areas, not entirely organic.
- [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎