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Common Name: Ornamental Kale Scientific Name: Brassica oleracea 'Acephala' Ornamental Kale - Basal Growth Habit Physiological Growth Cycle: Biennial Dicot Size: Up to 1.5' width X up to 2' height Growth Habit: Basal Ornamental Kale - Rosette Leaf Arrangement Curled Leaves Purple Fringed White
Plant Exploration in North Carolina to Collect Collard and Other Brassica Oleracea L. Germplasm for Crop Improvement (407043)The project is designed to acquire and conserve Brassica oleraceae L. germplasm not currently available in the National Plant Germplasm System or other germplasm collections.
Kale and collards are similar in many respects, differing in little more than the forms of their leaves. They are, in effect, primitive cabbages that have been retained through thousands of years.
Collards (left, above) and kale (left, above) differ from one another by the leaf shape; the former have smooth leaf margins, while the latter's are generally crinkled. Collard greens are a popular vegetable in the southern U.S.
This article appeared in September 2005 in the Martinsburg Journal.. For more information, contact the author: MaryBeth Bennett, WVU Extension Agent, Berkeley County.
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