O.S. Cross cabbage
Brassica oleracea 'O.S. Cross'
AAS Winner 1951
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
'O.S. Cross' cabbage (Brassica oleracea 'O.S. Cross') 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. Its erect plants grow at a moderate pace, and the spring and summer blooms bring in butterflies and bees.
Pairs well with Potato, Lemon balm, and Everbearing strawberry.