During winter, people might eye cabbages and kales for eating, but their relatives, ornamental cabbages and kales, can fill a different kind of hunger – visual cravings on cold, gray days.

Cabbages and kale that appear to be flowering are loosely known as cabbage flowers because of their showy large rosettes and colorful leaves that have floral shapes. These ornamental cabbages and ...

Ornamental cabbage usually refers to selections that have smooth and more or less unruffled leaves. Kale, on the other hand, has ruffled, textured leaves and many have feathered leaf edges.

Although this particular fall has been warm thus far, we will eventually see colder weather and a frost and freeze. This means many of the annual plants will be killed and the perennials will go ...

Ornamental kales and cabbages complement so many other fall plants. Pair them with chrysanthemums, the russet sedums, fall pansies and asters to echo the palette of autumn’s rich tones.

Ornamental cabbage and kale can be planted from seed outdoors, but you’re too late for that this year. Next year, plant the seeds sometime between mid-July and early August.

Q: I have long admired beautiful cabbage plants and would like to plant some in a flower bed on the east side of my home. I can’t find these plants. When do I plant and how do I care for them ...

Along with the pansies, snapdragons and other cool-season flowers we enjoy during winter, another nice addition is ornamental types of kale and cabbage.

Ornamental Cabbages. Though a cabbage on your patio might be a hard sell, you’ll have to stick with us on this one. Adding beautiful fall garden color — available in vibrant purple or fresh ...