Penn State Ballhead cabbage
Brassica oleracea 'Penn State Ballhead'
AAS Winner 1934
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
'Penn State Ballhead' cabbage (Brassica oleracea 'Penn State Ballhead') is a vegetable for food gardens, borders, and pollinator gardens. 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. Bees and butterflies visit the spring and summer blooms. It also tolerates salt.
Pairs well with Berggarten sage, Potato, and Becky Shasta daisy.