Brassica oleracea
Please see our Greens Growing Guide for cultural information. Packet: 2g unless otherwise stated (approximately 600 seeds) sows 55' direct seeded or 230' as transplants.
75 days. [Alabama heirloom, original seedstock from Jean Mills. Introduced 2015 by SESE.] Landrace with wide variaton in beautiful leaf colors. Green, blue-green, and purple leaves with white, pale green, and plum-colored veins. Smaller leaves than most collards;...
75 days. [VA/AES] A Vates type collard with increased bolt-resistance, darker blue-green foliage, and enhanced winter hardiness. Non-heading and productive. Pkt (2 g).
75 days. [VA/AES] A Vates type collard with increased bolt-resistance, darker blue-green foliage, and enhanced winter hardiness. Non-heading and productive. (28 g)
[Edward H. Davis & John T. Morgan] Collards are an icon of southern food and an underrated nutritional powerhouse that has long sustained southerners both black and white. This book by two respected geographers traces the path of collards, exploring origins, sharing collard history, and preserving...
Vigorous, winter-hardy collards selected for tender, mild flavor; small leaves are sweet enough for mesclun. No susceptibility to autumn powdery mildew, and tolerant of a wide range of soils. Hardy to 6°F. Best for fall planting. (2 g)
Vigorous, winter-hardy collards selected for tender, mild flavor; small leaves are sweet enough for mesclun. No susceptibility to autumn powdery mildew, and tolerant of a wide range of soils. Best for fall planting. (28 g)
[Pre-1880] Especially valuable variety for the sandy soil of the Atlantic coast and in places where it is difficult to grow cabbage successfully. It is resistant to heat and frost, and grows well on poor soil. The open, loose heads are best harvested after frost when they...
Crop failure, hope to have more seed available again fall 2018 79 days. [Introduced 1820 by David Landreth.] Old-fashioned and unique variety with smooth, bright green leaves. Heat- and frost-resistant, slow-bolting and non-heading. 30-34 in....
72 days. [NC heirloom, seed stock from Benny and Vickie Cox. Introduced 2017 by SESE.] Another great cabbage collard variety from the Collard Shack. Tender, mild greens. The unusual toothed leaf margins appear as if a bird had nibbled on them, hence the name....
70 days. [Family heirloom which became commercially successful 1930s-1950s.This strain comes via the Heirloom Collard Project from Eric Morris of Maxton, North Carolina. It was developed in the ‘20s by his great-grandfather Elisha Morris and his grandfather Fairley...
Now sold out for 2018. Consider White Mountain Cabbage Collards as a substitute.80 days. [Florida family heirloom since ~1910. Seed originally via SESE grower Walt Childs. Introduced 1999 by SESE.] Tender greens with good cold...
68 days. [VA/AES.] Slow-bolting collard with large blue-green leaves on 32 in. tall plants. Produces high-quality frost-resistant greens especially suited to the Mid-Atlantic and the South. Pkt (2 g).
70 days. [SC family heirloom from Rodger Winn. Introduced 2009 by SESE.] Heading collard with dark-green savoyed leaves, similar to Morris Heading, but much larger, up to 3 ft. Rodger’s great-aunt made excellent sauerkraut with this. Pkt (2 g)
70 days. [SC family heirloom from Rodger Winn. Introduced 2009 by SESE.] Heading collard with dark-green savoyed leaves, similar to Morris Heading, but much larger, up to 3 ft. Rodger’s great-aunt made excellent sauerkraut with this. Pkt (28 g)
One of the first releases from the Collard Project, this heirloom variety has been adopted by a group of African-American sorority sisters and Master Gardeners in Winston-Salem, NC. They are carrying on from 79-year-old black farmer William...
Hope to have more seed available again early fall 201875 days. [NC heirloom, seedstock from Benny and Vickie Cox, owners of the famous Collard Shack in Ayden, NC. Introduced 2015 by SESE.] Milder and more tender than...
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