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I'm trying to identify our perennial kale.
We've been growing it since 2012, propagating from cuttings, and find it crops best in the first two years. After two seasons the plants are inclined to produce masses of smaller leaves instead of the larger leaves that can be just over a foot long. The main stems soon become woody and can be over two inches thick. When lower side branches are stripped the plants grow well over five feet tall (like tree kale) but if left alone reach four feet with a rambling habit.
When grown from seed, plants didn't flower until their second year but otherwise flower annually.
Foliage wilted by heavy frost soon recovers and leaves grow throughout a milder winter.
We were told it was Daubentons but think that has yellow flowers.
We've been growing it since 2012, propagating from cuttings, and find it crops best in the first two years. After two seasons the plants are inclined to produce masses of smaller leaves instead of the larger leaves that can be just over a foot long. The main stems soon become woody and can be over two inches thick. When lower side branches are stripped the plants grow well over five feet tall (like tree kale) but if left alone reach four feet with a rambling habit.
When grown from seed, plants didn't flower until their second year but otherwise flower annually.
Foliage wilted by heavy frost soon recovers and leaves grow throughout a milder winter.
We were told it was Daubentons but think that has yellow flowers.
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