Description
Add an Asian-inspired twist to your garden with Chinese/Kailaan Broccoli seeds, also known as gai lan or Chinese kale. This versatile vegetable features thick, wide blue-green leaves and tender, asparagus-like stems, offering a sweet yet slightly bitter flavor that works beautifully in stir-fries, sautés, or steamed dishes. Heat-tolerant and easy to grow, Chinese/Kailaan Broccoli produces abundant side shoots after the first harvest, ensuring a long, productive growing season packed with calcium, iron, and vitamins A and C.
Compact and adaptable, this variety grows 24″–30″ tall with an 18″ spread, making it suitable for both traditional beds and containers. Harvest the central stalks first and allow the side branches to continue producing, or pick leaves and stems as needed for fresh, tender greens. With early-morning harvesting recommended and a frost-tolerant nature, Chinese/Kailaan Broccoli is a reliable and nutritious addition to home gardens year after year.
This packet sows up to 40 feet. 140 seeds.
Variety Info:
Botanical Name: Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra
Days to Maturity: 60–70 days
Family: Brassicaceae
Native: Probably East Asia
Hardiness: Frost-tolerant annual
Plant Dimensions: 24″–30″ tall, 18″ wide
Variety Information: Thick, wide, blue-green leaves on asparagus-like stalks, with small flowerheads of blue-green buds that look like small broccoli heads or side-shoots.
Attributes: Good for Containers, Heat Tolerant
Sowing Info:
When to Sow Outside: RECOMMENDED. 1 to 2 weeks before your average last frost date. Also, in late summer or winter for cool-season harvest. Mild Climates: Sow in fall or winter for a cool-season harvest. Optimal soil temperature for germination is 60°–85°F.
When to Start Inside: Not recommended; transplants tend to bolt (prematurely flower).
Days to Emerge: 10–20 days
Seed Depth: ½”
Seed Spacing: A group of 3 seeds every 8″–10″
Row Spacing: 18″–24″
Thinning: When 2″ tall, thin to 1 every 8″ – 10″
Growing Info:
Harvesting: Harvest in early morning if possible. Pick the center bud stalks first; side branches will continue to produce more flower buds for additional harvesting, or leaves and stems may be harvested without florets. Whole plants can be harvested just before first flower buds open if desired.
