Red Head cabbage
Brassica oleracea 'Red Head'
AAS Winner 1971
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
'Red Head' cabbage (Brassica oleracea 'Red Head') 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 has an erect habit and a moderate growth rate. Butterflies and bees visit its flowers.
Pairs well with Bull's Blood beet, Potato, Lemon balm, and Cherry Brandy rudbeckia.