Autumn Cabbage Plants. The heart is a little looser. Or try swiss chard ‘bright lights’, an edible green often used as an ornamental foliage plant because of its.
Tolerates moderate frost, but damaged by hard freezes. Kilaxy:this summer cabbage has good club root resistance and has tasty firm, compact heads ready from late summer to autumn. In the fall, harvest the entire cabbage plant—stems, head, and roots—enjoying the head as usual and storing the roots in a root cellar through winter.
Cabbage plants do like a lot of water, so try to keep the soil moist.
When the eggs hatch, the caterpillars are quick to nibble away the leaves and strip the plant bare. Not only are they perfect for brightening up containers, pots, but flowerbeds too! As a bonus, the colors of flowering cabbage and kale only intensify as the weather gets colder, especially after a frost. Avoid planting cabbage near broccoli, cauliflower, strawberries, or tomatoes.