Origin
Mediterranean
Light
Full sun
Watering
Weekly
Care
Moderate
Flowering
Flowering
Edible & Fruit
Chou
Cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi: a single wild species behind all of them.
Care Profile
A guide to ensuring your botanical companion thrives.
Origin
Europe
Light
Full sun
Watering
Weekly
Maintenance
Easy
One plant, seven vegetables
It all starts with a plant of Atlantic and Mediterranean cliffs, thick and waxy-leaved, with neither a head nor a fleshy flower.
By selecting sometimes the terminal bud, sometimes the side buds, the stem or the aborted flowerheads, gardeners drew from that one species vegetables so different that they seem unrelated.
"Seven vegetables drawn from one wild plant."
01
Styling Tip 01
Firm, limey soil
Unlike most vegetables it prefers firm ground: avoid digging immediately before planting.
02
Styling Tip 02
Protection from cabbage white
Put insect netting on from planting: far more effective than any treatment once the caterpillars are in.
03
Styling Tip 03
Long rotation
Don't replant brassicas on the same ground for four years, because clubroot persists in the soil.
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Origin
Mediterranean
Light
Full sun
Watering
Rarely
Care
Easy
Flowering
Flowering