Kale, Toscano broccoli
Brassica oleracea 'Kale, Toscano'
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
'Kale, Toscano' broccoli (Brassica oleracea 'Kale, Toscano') is a vegetable for food gardens, borders, and specimen plantings. 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 is grown for the darkest green leaves, which suit microgreens. Bees and butterflies visit its spring and summer blooms.
Pairs well with Amish Paste tomato, Woodland strawberry, and Berry Smoothie coral bells.