Crambe Maritima (Brassicaceae)
A native to the beaches of Britain and Ireland, sea kale is a nice ornamental, and an interesting edible perennial. In spring, its glaucous, collard-like leaves come up providing an early edible green. In Early summer it puts up a flower stalk that can be used like a broccoli raab. Finally, it flowers into a spray of ornamental white, baby breath-like flowers. Being a beach plant it can grow in poor gravelly soil and a sunny location. This, and probably other wild brassica species, are the fore-bearers to the abundant varieties of vegetables we eat from the cabbage family. We have had some difficulty propagating salable nursery stock of this plant regularly. Availability can be variable.
NOT AVAILABLE THIS YEAR.
A native to the beaches of Britain and Ireland, sea kale is a nice ornamental, and an interesting edible perennial. In spring, its glaucous, collard-like leaves come up providing an early edible green. In Early summer it puts up a flower stalk that can be used like a broccoli raab. Finally, it flowers into a spray of ornamental white, baby breath-like flowers. Being a beach plant it can grow in poor gravelly soil and a sunny location. This, and probably other wild brassica species, are the fore-bearers to the abundant varieties of vegetables we eat from the cabbage family. We have had some difficulty propagating salable nursery stock of this plant regularly. Availability can be variable.
NOT AVAILABLE THIS YEAR.
A native to the beaches of Britain and Ireland, sea kale is a nice ornamental, and an interesting edible perennial. In spring, its glaucous, collard-like leaves come up providing an early edible green. In Early summer it puts up a flower stalk that can be used like a broccoli raab. Finally, it flowers into a spray of ornamental white, baby breath-like flowers. Being a beach plant it can grow in poor gravelly soil and a sunny location. This, and probably other wild brassica species, are the fore-bearers to the abundant varieties of vegetables we eat from the cabbage family. We have had some difficulty propagating salable nursery stock of this plant regularly. Availability can be variable.
NOT AVAILABLE THIS YEAR.
We have also grown some other species including the potentially massive C. podyphyla. Again our availability is variable.