Sea Kale
This rare perennial vegetable combines beauty and utility in the garden. Native to the coastal North Atlantic, Sea Kale features striking wavy blue-gray leaves that provide visual interest year-round, while its fragrant white blossoms attract pollinators throughout summer.
Unlike annual vegetables, this cabbage relative returns year after year, developing into an impressive specimen with both ornamental and culinary value. The entire plant is edible—tender young shoots can be blanched like asparagus in spring, textured leaves harvested as needed, and even the midribs used in cooking.
Historically prized in Victorian kitchen gardens before falling into obscurity, Sea Kale offers nutritional benefits and natural adaptability to challenging conditions, including tolerance for salt spray and poor soils. (Order Includes 20 Seeds)
• Soil Moisture: Moist, well-drained
• Row Spacing: 24-36"
• Optimal Temperature: 50-75°F
• Days to Germination: 10-30
• Spacing After Thinning: 18-24"
• Seed Spacing: 1/2-1"
• Days to Maturity: 2-3 years (perennial)
• Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Shade
• USDA Zones: 4-9
This rare perennial vegetable combines beauty and utility in the garden. Native to the coastal North Atlantic, Sea Kale features striking wavy blue-gray leaves that provide visual interest year-round, while its fragrant white blossoms attract pollinators throughout summer.
Unlike annual vegetables, this cabbage relative returns year after year, developing into an impressive specimen with both ornamental and culinary value. The entire plant is edible—tender young shoots can be blanched like asparagus in spring, textured leaves harvested as needed, and even the midribs used in cooking.
Historically prized in Victorian kitchen gardens before falling into obscurity, Sea Kale offers nutritional benefits and natural adaptability to challenging conditions, including tolerance for salt spray and poor soils. (Order Includes 20 Seeds)
• Soil Moisture: Moist, well-drained
• Row Spacing: 24-36"
• Optimal Temperature: 50-75°F
• Days to Germination: 10-30
• Spacing After Thinning: 18-24"
• Seed Spacing: 1/2-1"
• Days to Maturity: 2-3 years (perennial)
• Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Shade
• USDA Zones: 4-9
This rare perennial vegetable combines beauty and utility in the garden. Native to the coastal North Atlantic, Sea Kale features striking wavy blue-gray leaves that provide visual interest year-round, while its fragrant white blossoms attract pollinators throughout summer.
Unlike annual vegetables, this cabbage relative returns year after year, developing into an impressive specimen with both ornamental and culinary value. The entire plant is edible—tender young shoots can be blanched like asparagus in spring, textured leaves harvested as needed, and even the midribs used in cooking.
Historically prized in Victorian kitchen gardens before falling into obscurity, Sea Kale offers nutritional benefits and natural adaptability to challenging conditions, including tolerance for salt spray and poor soils. (Order Includes 20 Seeds)
• Soil Moisture: Moist, well-drained
• Row Spacing: 24-36"
• Optimal Temperature: 50-75°F
• Days to Germination: 10-30
• Spacing After Thinning: 18-24"
• Seed Spacing: 1/2-1"
• Days to Maturity: 2-3 years (perennial)
• Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Shade
• USDA Zones: 4-9