A group for all those interested in growing perennial vegetables. Join us to discuss the existing perennial crops and the breeding/improvement/development of new and exciting crops, share ideas and share plant materials.

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  • >>from Hanna: Good looking kale :-) Do you grow it as a perennial?<<

    Yes it is actually four years old and has not flowered yet.

  • Would anyone like some yacon tubers? Not essential, but quite fun to grow and seemingly almost as vigorous as Jerusalem artichokes. I'll have to shift them very soon, but can't bring myself to throw the surplus away. I doubt that they'd grow in Queenstown though, they just about make it to flowering here in Christchurch.

    Good looking kale :-) Do you grow it as a perennial?

  • 2159936227?profile=originalHi Everyone,

    I would like to invite everyone to join a new group about perennial vegetables. Firstly, I would like to introduce the rare and lovely D'aubenton Kale - very hardy and grows forever.

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Brassicas - Kale and mustard family

Surprising enough, this family has lots to offer when it comes to perennials. Kales of the oleracea family especially the wild forms are mostly perennial. However the kales of the napus family has a tendency to perennialise because they have the perennial Brassica nigra in their genetic makeup.

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