Gladius brussels sprout
Brassica oleracea 'Gladius'
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
'Gladius' brussels sprout (Brassica oleracea 'Gladius') 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. It is early and firm with great field-holding ability. Bees and butterflies visit its flowers.
Pairs well with Jacob Cline spotted beebalm, Kent Beauty oregano, and Everbearing strawberry.