Toscano kale
Brassica oleracea 'Toscano'
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
- Blue, green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Toscano' kale (Brassica oleracea 'Toscano') is a vegetable grown for baby leaf harvests in the food garden. 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 grows at a moderate pace. Bees and butterflies visit the spring and summer flowers.
Pairs well with Black Cherry tomato, Bouquet dill, and Everbearing strawberry.