New and tried-and-tested varieties of kale: we show you the best varieties for the garden. These can also be conveniently ordered from specialist dealers.
Green cabbage is a typical dish on cold winter days. The various varieties differ in many aspects, such as taste, color and resistance to sub-zero temperatures. Order seeds for growing kale either from us online or from a garden center near you.
We have described some well-known and proven winter cabbage varieties for you below:
- Medium-tall green Krauser: Medium-tall and extremely hardy; tried and tested variety with finely curled foliage.
- Lerchenzungen: Small-growing and extremely hardy variety with graceful and short leaves; particularly high-quality taste; traditional variety; is unfortunately hardly to be found on markets.
- Redbor F1: variety with high ornamental value; very finely curled leaves; half-height growing; the foliage shines subtly reddish and bluish with pink-reddish leaf veins; reasonably good yield; unique in optics; Recommended for growing on the balcony or terrace.
- East Frisian Palm Tree: Very fast-growing variety; lower leaves are used for animal feed; the upper young leaf shoots find their place in the kitchen.
- Holter Palme: Roughly curled foliage; very rapid growth.
- Braunkohler Krauskohl: Modern variety with red-brownish foliage; is highly valued due to the numerous ingredients it contains (flavonoids).
- Vitessa: Extremely compact variety; higher sugar content, therefore often harvested earlier; tolerates frost very poorly.
- Winterbor: Grows to about medium height; heavily curled, green to bluish foliage; extremely frost resistant.