Brassica oleracea sabellica

Botanical Description

Curly kale is a biennial to short-lived perennial plant derived in cultivation from the wild cabbage. It grows up to 100cm tall. Often cultivated for their edible leaves, especially on a garden scale, the curly kales are useful for providing leaves throughout the winter and spring[ 183 Title Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Publication Author Facciola. S. Publisher Kampong Publications Year 1990 ISBN 0-9628087-0-9 Description Excellent. Contains a very wide range of conventional and unconventional food plants (including tropical) and where they can be obtained (mainly N. American nurseries but also research institutes and a lot of other nurseries from around the world. , 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ].