Strengths, Weaknesses & Design Usage
Strengths of Kale:
- Provides valuable winter interest
- Evergreen foliage for all year round colour and screening
- Suitable for container growing
- Architectural plant – ideal as a ‘stand out’ plant
- Suitable for exposed coastal planting
- Attractive form or foliage for all year interest
- Tolerates cold exposed locations
- Tolerates heavy clay soils
Weaknesses of Kale
- Does not produce showy attractive flowers
- Does not tolerate very dry or very wet soils
Design & Plant Use for Kale:
- Compact evergreen plant suitable for container planting
- Evergreen plant with attractive foliage for winter interest
- Ideal for planting within the herb garden
- Herbaceous plant with culinary usage
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Common Missspellings: Kaile, Kayle, Kayel, Kayle, Cale, Cayle