Description
Scarlet kale brings deep purple-red color to the cool-season garden, with frilled leaves that darken as temperatures drop. The plants are both ornamental and useful, standing like rich-colored bouquets in the row while offering the hearty texture gardeners expect from kale.
Harvest baby leaves for salad mixes or let the plants mature for sautés, soups, braises, and fall bunching. Its color makes it especially handsome in edible borders and mixed beds, where food crops can carry the same beauty as flowers after frost begins to sweeten the season.
