PlantsVegetables & Roots
Collards
Brassica oleracea
Zone 6a garden plant. Hardy through a Chicago winter unless the note says to pot it.
Big heat-and-cold greens
EasyVegetables & RootsEdible
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Medium
- Mature size
- 2–3 ft
- Spacing
- 18–24 in
- Bloom or harvest
- Leaves Jul–Nov
- How it spreads
- Annual
- What to buy
- Transplant.
- When to plant
- Set out in April or July.
In the design
More heat-tolerant than spinach, and still standing at frost.
If you eat it
Leaves
Wash. Cook or eat young leaves raw.
Only eat what you planted and can name. This is not a foraging or medical guide.
