Crambe maritima
Crambe maritima has dramatic, ruffled, silver blue leaves that you can sautee and eat! Or just enjoy their beauty in the garden.
Description:
The sea kale has large, ruffled, edible, cabbage-like, silver-blue leaves with undulating edges that provides great texture to the garden. In early summer Crambe maritima will start producing branched panicles of white flowers. The foliage is also edible and, we've been told, delicious sauteed in butter. Photo courtesy: Wikipedia.
Common Name: Blue Sea Kale
Family: Brassicaceae (The Mustard Family)
Zone Hardiness: 5-9
Light: Full Sun
Height: 12-24"
Width: 12-24"
Primary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Secondary Bloom Colour: Yellow
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Summer
Soil Moisture: Average, Dry, Moist, Drought Tolerant
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Butterflies
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Coastal areas and beaches.
Award: AGM
Geogrpahical Origin: Europe and Africa - Europe and Western Russia
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