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.
Location: New Zealand
Members: 10
Latest Activity: Aug 30, 2014
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…Continue
Started by CesarZ Aug 30, 2014.
This thread is for the discussion of the lily family.Continue
Started by CesarZ Aug 30, 2014.
This thread is for perennial Helianthus and its allies, foremost members are the yacons ang the jerusalem artichokes.Continue
Started by CesarZ Aug 30, 2014.
That Kale looks fabulous Cesar - i'm sure it would grow in the Queenstown region and survive the frosts - any ideas about what else might work this far south?Continue
Started by alexaforbes. Last reply by CesarZ Aug 29, 2014.
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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?
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