How to grow ornamental cabbages

Follow our expert gardener's guide to growing your own ornamental cabbages

Varieties of cabbages

There are varieties of cabbage available that will produce heads from spring right through to winter, from the glorious 'Rose Bouquet', which produces dwarf, solid round heads of luminescent red-pink, surrounded by a ruff of green leaves, to Tuscan cavolo nero, a black-coloured kale with leaves like ostrich feathers.

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Brassica oleracea 'White Peacock'