Ornamental cabbage

Common Name : Ornamental cabbage, kale brassica Scientific Name : Brassica oleracea, brassica oleracea acephala Family : Brassicaceae

Kingdom - Plantae

Order - Brassicales

Genus - Brassica

Height - 1.5 feet tall

Category - Ornamental flowering plant

Type / Life cycle - Annuals

Best season - Frost, cool season

Foliage & Plant - Showy, purple green mixed fringed, fancy variegated leaves

maintenance & Care - Full light, average water, well drained moist soils, frost tolerant

Propagation - Seeds

Best for - Mass plantings, decorative edging, indoors, containers, home landscape design, garden beds, pots

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Photographs: Guna Selvi Camera: Nikon D40x Location : Ooty botanical garden, Nilgiri hills, Tamil Nadu, India