Ideal Snowball cauliflower
Brassica oleracea 'Ideal Snowball'
AAS Winner 1949
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
'Ideal Snowball' cauliflower (Brassica oleracea 'Ideal Snowball') is a vegetable for food gardens and borders. 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 habit and moderate growth suit tidy rows. Butterflies and bees visit the flowers, and the plant tolerates salt.
Pairs well with Amish Paste tomato, Sage, and Genovese basil.