Sidekick broccoli
Brassica oleracea 'Sidekick'
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
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Sidekick' broccoli (Brassica oleracea 'Sidekick') 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. The flowers are green and attract butterflies and bees. It also tolerates salt.
Pairs well with Berggarten sage, Celeriac, and Jacob Cline spotted beebalm.