Moorish, Wild collard greens
Formats
Bring a purple touch to your garden with this Wild cabbage! Widely used in gardening for borders and rockeries, in addition to being perfect for growing in a pot.
Annual perennial up to 80cm. Glaucous leaves that grow somewhat fleshy and lanceolate on the stem; the lower ones sometimes have a purple underside. Strinking purple flowers with 4 petals that grow in clusters. The fruit is a very long and narrow silicon with a row of seeds.
Direct sowing.
It is distinguished from Moricandia arvensis in the arrangement of seeds, which are in a single row, and M.arvensis has them in a pair of rows.
Use
Edges, Gardening, Baskets & Containers, Rock garden
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Flowering
| Flower colour | Purple |
|---|---|
| Flowering period | March, April, May, June, Spring |
| Fruit colour | Brown |
Foliage
| Foliage persistence | Evergreen |
|---|---|
| Foliage colour | Green |
Botanical information
| Common name | MORICANCIA MORICANDIOIDES - Moorish, Wild collard greens |
|---|---|
| Life cycle | Annual |
When to plant?
| Sowing period | September, October, November, December, Autumn |
|---|---|
| Average germination (%) | 50 |
| Seeds per gram | 2000 |
Where to plant?
| Type of use | Edges, Gardening, Baskets & Containers, Rock garden |
|---|---|
| Exposure | Sun |
| Soil pH | Alkaline |
| Soil type | Clay, Sand, Chalk, Stony |
| Soil moisture | Fresh to moist |
| Hardiness | Hardy |
| Climate zone | Mediterranean |
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