Darkibor kale
Brassica oleracea 'Darkibor'
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
- Blue, green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Darkibor' kale (Brassica oleracea 'Darkibor') is a vegetable for food gardens, borders, and specimen plantings. 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 a green curly kale with an erect habit. Bees and butterflies visit its blooms in spring and summer.
Pairs well with Bull's Blood beet, Everbearing strawberry, Georgia Peach coral bells, and Black Cherry tomato.