Couve Tronchuda Portuguese Kale / Cabbage  - Heirloom Vegetable - B. oleracea - 100 Seeds Lotus starting out as light green

starting out as light green and ripening to a unique mustard colour

Red flowers marked with yellow and black in the winter through early spring

Variety - Purple Coneflower

and east through the northern Mediterranean region to Turkey

Fast growing

Couve Tronchuda Portuguese Kale / Cabbage  - Heirloom Vegetable - B. oleracea - 100 Seeds Lotus starting out as light greenMore heat tolerant than other kales, for a longer harvest period in spring and autumn. Leaves are large, flat, rounded, similar to collards, but very large and with very prominent white veins. The leaves are more succulent, and the flavour is more cabbage like than other kales. The fleshy stems or petioles are enjoyed as well.