Osaka White flowering cabbage
Brassica oleracea 'Osaka White'
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
'Osaka White' flowering cabbage (Brassica oleracea 'Osaka White') 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. It has an erect habit and grows at a moderate pace. Butterflies and bees visit the blooms, and it is salt tolerant.
Pairs well with Black Cherry tomato, Lemon balm, and Hummelo betony.