Brassica oleracea var. Champion - Web page Navigation - Champion Collards Page

Champion Collards, an improved Vates type, is a highly productive variant of Brassica oleracea offering numerous health benefits and excellent taste. Boasting rich blue-green cabbage-like leaves, these plants are compact, 24-36" tall, and open-pollinated. Easy to grow and often underutilized, collards can produce an abundance of greens from spring through fall, providing a significant source of nutrition. Selected for its ability to resist diseases, frost, and bolting, Champion Champion can remain in the field two weeks longer than other varieties, offering an extended harvest period. Best cultivated as a fall crop, collards develop increased sweetness as the weather cools. Enjoy younger, more tender leaves harvested in early spring and savor the unique collard flavor enhanced with soy sauce and garlic. To preserve, blanch and freeze your harvest. Indeed, Champion Champion Collards are a garden champion, satisfying your taste buds and nutritional needs seamlessly.