At that time, when everything starts to fade, decorative cabbage will delight you with its bright colors.
Decorative cabbage is called kale, which has several forms. In the second year of its growth, it begins to bloom, and fruits appear.
This cabbage acquires an interesting appearance due to the color and shape of its leaves. The edges of the leaves are slightly curly, which gives the plant pomp and exoticism.
As for coloring, cabbage has a variety of colors, for example, it can be violet, cream, green with white stripes, spotting, etc.
But in order for this beauty to grow in the garden, you need to put a lot of effort. How to grow decorative cabbage? What are the basic rules and tips?
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This plant loves light, but can grow in partial shade, in this case the decorative cabbage will be smaller, the color will not be so bright. But do not allow direct sunlight. Also cabbage loves moisture.
For planting it is best to use well-drained soils that are rich in humus.
Cabbage is propagated by seed through seedlings. They should be sown in the middle of spring in small pots. Seed should be placed two in one pot. Do not forget to treat the soil with a fungicide to prevent sowing.
Some gardeners plant cabbage in their garden, and others who appreciate the decorativeness of such cabbage, plant it in a flower bed. But you can also grow it in the garden, and when it reaches its apogee in flowering, you can replant it in the main flower bed. Transplant cabbage transports well, but do not do it more than three times.
Also, the cabbage grows well in large pots and in flowerpots. About three plants can live in one container.
Decorative cabbage will delight you until winter, so do not rush to leave the cottage.
And if you bring it into a room in a pot, then it can stand there for the entire winter period.
Cabbage can be preserved in the winter under the snow, continuing to delight you with its colors.
In the care of this plant is quite unpretentious. Cabbage needs to be watered often and plentifully, she loves water very much. Therefore, in dry weather, water decorative cabbage every day.
There are no particularly strict rules here, as long as the fertilizer occurs systematically. But do not use dung better, as the leaves may turn yellow.
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Mosbakhskaya the cabbage has a stem, the length of which is about 20 - 60 cm. The stem itself is not branched. In diameter, the plant can reach 80 cm. The leaves have a lyre form, their color is light green. The plant itself has the shape of a dome, which makes the plant look very exotic.
Lark tongue - In this decorative cabbage, the stem can reach a height of 130 cm. The leaves are sitting on long petioles, which are 15-20 cm long. The leaves have a green color, but with different shades. This plant has a palm shape.
Red Curly High - this cabbage is very similar to the previous one, but its leaves are purple in color, sometimes with a black tint or blue.
Red curly low - The height of the stem of this decorative cabbage usually does not exceed 60 cm. The leaves have an elongated and elliptical shape. Its leaves are very sprawling. The diameter of this cabbage can be more than one meter. Therefore, in a flower bed can only fit one such plant.
