Nagoya Red flowering kale
Brassica oleracea 'Nagoya Red'
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
'Nagoya Red' flowering kale (Brassica oleracea 'Nagoya Red') is a vegetable for borders, specimen planting, and food gardens. 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. Its erect habit and moderate growth suit the front of a bed. Butterflies and bees visit it, and it tolerates salt.
Pairs well with Red Sails lettuce, Genovese basil, and Berggarten sage.