Brassica oleracea sabauda

Botanical Description

Savoy cabbage is a biennial plant derived in cultivation from the wild cabbage. The plant has a highly shortened, not fleshy, stem base, it produces a few more or less horizontal leaves and then the leaves become strongly overlapping to form a compact, more or less globose head of leaves that can be 30cm or more in diameter. The plant is cultivated, especially in cooler regions of the temperate zone, for its edible head of leaves. This is a very hardy form of cabbage that is able to withstand quite severe winters, providing leaves from autumn to the spring.