Regular Collards are Brassica oleifera var acephala. In the UK, people tend to refer to what everybody else in the world calls Collards as Kale. If you've heard of Walking Stick Kale, this isn't it. Some people call them Tree Kale or Walking Stick Kale or Tree Cabbage. More about this later when I create a detailed post about cultivation and propagation. Even with two feet of that pole in the ground, there are times that the upper 8' will not support a very large and very top heavy three-year old tree when the ground gets soaked and/or the wind gets really strong. Pruning the main trunk is dependent on whether you have it growing next to a very tall wall or whether like most growers, you have it tied to a ten foot tree pole. The main trunk will continue to have very large leaves until you have to prune it at ten or more feet. Also, as the plant matures and gets woody, the leaves get smaller on the many side branches. PLEASE REMEMBER - The trunk and branches get woody after about three years, so if you want to share cuttings, you must start to make new cuttings between 18 months to 2 years when the top branches are still tender and green (not woody).
#Purple tree collards plus#
I've grown plants up to 11' tall and 3' wide & recently heard of them getting to 18' plus next to and attached to a wall. Once you have some mature plants, please do your part in making new plants and passing them on. If you and/or your family, friends, neighbors eat lots of greens, it's worth it to have at least three tree collards growing for abundant, continuous harvests.
Here are some of the locations where the TCs are thriving that I've shipped to: Florida, Texas, North Carolina, Louisiana, Southern California, Oregon, Washington and of course California. And it's one of the favorite foods for our chickens. High in Calcium!! Sweeter and Tastier than regular collards (especially during the Fall, Winter, Spring when the whether is cooler and the leaves turn purple). These perennial veggies are great for the backyard organic vegetable gardener or mini farm as they never stop producing. This California Hybrid can withstand even light snow (Oregon) as well as temps in the 90s & 100 (here in Walnut Creek, CA). Whatever you choose to call me, culinary-wise, I can't be beat." My leaves only turn purple in cold weather!! I'm in the Brassica family & look more like a collard than a kale. Call me what you will, but make sure to grow me for at least a year, make some cuttings and pass me on as I do not grow true from seed and I RARELY go to seed. "I've been called Tree Collard, Tree Kale, Walking Stick Kale and Purple Tree Collard. I'm currently compiling my 20 years or so of growing Tree Collards and hope to have all aspects of it's propagation, cultivation and food preparation up soon.įor now, I will just post what I've already posted on numerous Garden Forums around the Web until I find the time to elucidate and edit at length. Welcome to the Perennial Tree Collard Blog.
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