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Along with the pansies, snapdragons and other cool-season flowers we enjoy during winter, another nice addition is ornamental types of kale and cabbage. Ornamental kale and cabbage are becoming ...

Summer’s roses are fading, flowering annuals have turned brown and have given up for this year, but there are ways to jazz up a fall landscape. Some favorites are cheerful pansies, and flowering kales ...

If you’re sad that the peak gardening season is coming to an end, consider planting some fall showstoppers. Ornamental kale grows wonderfully in the fall and looks gorgeous too. If you’re sad that the ...

Flowering kale and cabbage, colorful workhorses of the cool-season landscape, too often are relegated to spot planting, maybe the three-in-a-cluster routine. But ornamental kale and cabbage can offer ...

Some of the best choices we can make for reliable late fall and winter color are cabbage and kale. I’m not talking about the regular vegetable garden varieties, though these are quite pretty in their ...

Flowering kale and cabbage are a favorite cool-season plant, but I recently saw them from a new perspective — backlit by the late afternoon sun. I was amazed at the brilliant purples and mauves in ...

Is kale good for you? The answer is a resounding yes! Kale often is reputed to have more vitamins and minerals than any other garden vegetable. Its list of nutrients includes vitamins A, B6, C, and K, ...