Cabbage, Red broccoli
Brassica oleracea 'Cabbage, Red'
USDA zones6 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- Purple, green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Cabbage, Red' broccoli (Brassica oleracea 'Cabbage, Red') is a vegetable for food gardens, borders, and pollinator gardens. It is typically grown as an annual. It ranks among the more cold-hardy crops, and with some winter protection it keeps growing through light freezes. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. The dark green, glossy leaves have purple veins and leaf margins. Bees and butterflies visit it.
Pairs well with Bouquet dill, Kent Beauty oregano, and Helene Von Stein lamb’s ear.