Collards
Prepared by Powell Smith, Lexington County Extension Agent, and Nancy Doubrava, HGIC Horticulture Specialist, Clemson University. (New 06/99. Revised 04/03. Images added 01/09.)
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Collards were first mentioned by Europeans during the first, third and fourth centuries. Gardeners in colonial America wrote about collards. Collards are also called tree cabbage.
Collards
If growing healthful vegetables is high on your list, collards is the crop for you. This nutritional powerhouse is full of vitamins, minerals and anti-oxidants.
Cabbage, Broccoli, Collards and Cauliflower, plus the less-often-grown Kohlrabi, Mustard Greens, Chinese Cabbage and Turnips, all belong to this family. All are cool-weather vegetables, rich in vitamins A and C and a good source of fiber.
Kale - borecole and collards, common names for nonheading, hardy types of cabbage with thick stems and curly leaves, belonging to the family Cruciferae (mustard family). They are grown for gre...
Broccoli is easy to grow in cool weather, but it is not as tolerant of frost (or hot weather, either) as cabbage, collards and kale. Cauliflower is more difficult to grow.
Vegetable Kale: The standard, leafy edible kale that resembles collards.
Collards have large, smooth leaves, where kale has smaller, ruffled leaves. Both are cool weather crops, planted in early spring or late summer. In milder areas such as the South, they are planted in the fall.
Bermuda cassava, broccoli (a good host plant for caterpillars and their butterflies (Cabbage White), Brussels sprouts, cabbage (Chinese and regular), cantaloupe, carrots, cauliflower, celeriac, celery, chard, chicory, chives, christophene, collards, ...
Native to the Mississippi River region, the foliage of this rudbeckia looks exactly like collards...large blue waxy leaves. In late spring, the base gives rise to black eyed susan flowers on seven foot tall stalks.
The leaves are used in the same way collards are. They are also mild enough for salad and have the same "mucilaginous" as okra, to which it is related. Never saw i being grown as an ornamental.
The brightly colored foliage can be various shades of pink to purple. The plants are best when used for late season color.
Kale produces seed in the second year. It is grown from seed as an annual. Culture is similar to that for cabbage and collards.
Kale, collards (Brassica oleracea acephala)
Kangaroo vine (Cissus antarctica)
Kashmir cypress (Cupressus cashmeriana)
Katsura tree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum)
Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis) ...
 See also: Collard, Cabbage, Green, Vegetables, Kale
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