Botany Photo of the Day Brassica oleracea Acephala Group ‘Winterbor’

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Ruffled. Crinkly. Curled. All are adjectives used to describe the leaves of ‘Winterbor’ kale. An Award of Garden Merit-winning cultivar, ‘Winterbor’ is among the hardiest of kales cultivated in temperate gardens. As a group, kales have been cultivated for at least four millenia, originating somewhere in the area of the eastern Mediterranean. Kale is now […]

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