Growing Kamome Series Flowering Kale Garden Seeds

Kamome Series flowering kale is a frost-hardy green that can be sown directly in either the spring or the fall. For earliest spring blooms, begin indoors 6-8 weeks prior to the frost. Flowering Kale can be quick to germinate between 5-14 days in full lighting. Plant 2-3 Kamome Series flowering kale seeds ¼" and 12" apart in loamy, Organically rich, and well-drained soil in full sun to partial shade. Kamome Series flowering kale is a hardy spring and winter performer and will benefit from shade during long summer months. Plants can tolerate heavy moisture, but still susceptible to fungi, root rot, and leaf spots if not properly drained or ventilated. Flowering kale has no serious diseases or insects but monitor regularly for aphids, flea beetles, and cabbageworms. Kamome Series flowering kale seeds mature in 91-98 days as dwarfed 8-12" tall "headless" kale mounds with a 12" spread of dense and finely ruffled edges in a signature choice of Pink, Red, White, and Mix.

Brassica oleracea var. acephala, commonly known as Flowering Kale, is a member of the acephala group of Brassica oleracea or "headless" kale. Brassica oleracea includes many of the common cultivars of cabbage, broccoli, kale, collard greens, and Brussels sprouts, but the var. acephala contains the more ornamental "headless" varieties. Unlike the tight and compact heads of edible varieties of kale, acephala kale blooms and flowers to offer elegant, frost-hardy color.