#Purple tree collards plus

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). acephala These perennial veggies are great for the backyard organic vegetable gardener or mini farm as they never stop producing. Whatever you choose to call me, culinary-wise, I can't be beat.' This California Hybrid can withstand even light snow (Oregon) as well as temps in the 90s & 100 (here in Walnut Creek, CA). 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. For 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. 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. Welcome to the Perennial Tree Collard Blog. The TC has put a spell on me! (See Michael Pollen's 'Botany of Desire.') Everything you never knew you wanted to know about Tree Collards My love affair with TCs has motivated me to send plants to six states. I'm excited to provide one of the first online overviews of all aspects of cultivation, propagation and preparation. After 20 years of growing them, I'm still amazed at their multi-dimensional nature. Tree Collards are one of the most amazing and interesting perennial veggies I've ever grown. Does anyone have any experience growing these in Australia and/or know where we can get some cuttings? A quick search and I know I want them too. I'm sitting here eating my breakfast of bacon, eggs, home grown fried tom and nopales (plant is covered in succulent tangy new pads at the moment) reading an email from Peggy, an American friend in Australia, who is telling me how much she misses Tree Collards. Posted by Lissa on Augat 8:21am in Questions and answers: exploring the field togeth