Autumn Star kalettes
Brassica oleracea 'Autumn Star'
USDA zones6 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Autumn Star' kalettes (Brassica oleracea 'Autumn Star') is a vegetable for food gardens, borders, and as a specimen. It is typically grown as an annual. It is one of the more cold-hardy crops and can keep growing through light freezes with some winter protection. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It is grown for an early season harvest. Bees and butterflies visit the spring and summer blooms.
Pairs well with Celeriac, Dark Opal basil, and Amish Paste tomato.