• Common name : Brassica Flowers, Ornamental Cabbage, Kale
• Scientific name : Brassica oleracea
• Family : Brassicaceae
• Native land : Coastal Southern and Western Europe
Brassica is a herbaceous annual, biennial, or occasionally perennial with smooth, glaucous (waxy), rounded lower leaves. This genus includes the cabbages and the mustards. It is a cool weather vegetable that is grown for the harvest of its edible leaves. Cabbage forms heads and kale forms upright leaves. The leaf colours are usually quite showy, including white/cream, pink, rose, red and purple. Cabbage and kale are in the same species as a number of other cool season vegetables, including Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower and kohlrabi.
