Savoy Cabbage
Brassica oleracea

The story
Long before it was bred into the diverse vegetables we recognize today, the ancestor of Savoy cabbage grew as a wild cabbage native to southwest Europe.
Sources: Grangery, en.wikipedia.org
- Family
- Brassicaceae
How to use it
This species is widely cultivated and utilized for food, serving as the source for many common vegetable crops including Savoy cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, Brussels sprouts, collard greens, kohlrabi, and gai lan.
Sources: Grangery, en.wikipedia.org
Gardening tip
When planning your garden, keep in mind that Savoy cabbage is a hardy plant that can be grown across USDA hardiness zones 2 to 9.
Sources: Grangery
In the kitchen
This versatile species includes many common cultivars used as vegetables, such as Savoy cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, Brussels sprouts, collard greens, kohlrabi, and gai lan.
Sources: Grangery, en.wikipedia.org
About
Brassica oleracea is a plant species from the family Brassicaceae that includes many common cultivars used as vegetables, such as cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, Brussels sprouts, collard greens, Savoy cabbage, kohlrabi, and gai lan. The uncultivated form of the species, wild cabbage, is native to southwest Europe.
At a glance
What it needs
USDA hardiness
Zones 2–9
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
Full detailsevery field on the record, to copy
- Name
- Savoy Cabbage
- Slug
- savoy-cabbage
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Brassica
- Species
- oleracea
- Category
- Brassica
- Hardiness zone (min)
- 2
- Hardiness zone (max)
- 9
- Average height (cm)
- 0
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 52
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