Grand Duke kohlrabi
Brassica oleracea 'Grand Duke'
AAS Winner 1979
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
'Grand Duke' kohlrabi (Brassica oleracea 'Grand Duke') is a vegetable for the food garden and the border. It is typically grown as an annual. Few crops handle cold as well, and with a little winter protection it grows on through light freezes. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It grows upright at a moderate pace. Bees and butterflies visit its blooms.
Pairs well with Bouquet dill, Celeriac, and Genovese basil.