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Champion Collard Greens

Champion Collard Greens

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Common Name(s)
Organic Collard
Sunlight
Full Sun (6+ hrs)
Watering
Keep moist
Max Height
2'–4'
Special Features
Edible
Fruiting Season
Fall, Winter
Lifespan
Biennial
Foliage Color
Green
Genus
Brassica
Family
Brassicaceae
Ship Size
2"

Champion Collard Greens arrive as a certified organic live 2-inch starter plant — an improved selection of the old Southern standby 'Vates', with broad, smooth blue-green leaves that lie open rather than curling in, and a flavor closer to mild cabbage than to kale.

It is a heavy, forgiving producer: pick the outer leaves and the center keeps pushing new ones for months. Give it full sun, rich soil and steady water, and expect full-size leaves around 70 to 75 days. Frost is not a problem — it is the point. A cold night converts starch to sugar, and the leaves come in noticeably sweeter afterward. Harvested leaves hold in the refrigerator for two weeks or more.

Fun fact: collards do not form a head at all. Their loose, open leaves stay much closer to wild Brassica oleracea than the tight-headed cabbages bred from the same species centuries later.

  • Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ hrs)
  • Water: Keep moist
  • Mature Size: 2'–4' tall
  • Harvest Season: Fall, Winter
  • Lifespan: Biennial
  • Hardiness Zones: 6–10
  • Resistance: Pest Resistant (General)

Certified organic, and guaranteed to arrive healthy or we replace it free.