Why are decorative/ornamental cabbages so popular in NYC?

Brassica oleracea is showing up everywhere in the neighborhood, as a survey by your correspondent today indicates. read more

If you love to see live plants outdoors, ornamental cabbage is one of the few decorative plants that will thrive through part of the winter. In NE, you can count on the cold killing off your chrysanthemums by Thanksgiving. That’s your last cold tolerant plant. Then it’s ornamental cabbage or nothing. read more

Ornamental cabbage and kale look and grow very much like their close relatives of edible cabbages and kale. They are the same species, Brassica oleracea, and although they are still edible, they aren’t as tasty and tender as their cousins. read more