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Collard, Georgia Southern Collard Greens

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Georgia Southern Collard Greens

Georgia Southern Collard Greens are the cream of the crop. They have a sweet, cabbage-like flavor, ruffled blue-green leaves that will withstand light frost. Plant tolerates heat, cold, poor soil and is slow to bolt. Produces tender, juicy, sweet, cabbage-like flavored, ruffled blue-green leaves that will withstand light frost. Leaves taste best when young and flavor actually improves with a light frost.

  • Botanical Name - Brassica oleracea
  • Zone: 3-9
  • Days to Maturity: 65-80 Days
  • Height: 24-36" Tall
  • Foliage: Green Blue
  • Treated: No
  • Germination Time: 5-12 Days 
  • Breed: Heirloom, Open Pollinated
  • Germination Rate: 90%
  • Lifecycle: Biennial
  • Sunlight: Full Sun/Partial Shade
  • Watering: Average to Moderate
  • Sow Method: Direct Sow or Transplant
  • Sow Depth: 1/4
  • Plant Spacing: 12 inch
  • Row Spacing: 18-36 inch
  • Season of Interest: All

Did you know... Collards are usually grown as an annual, but they are a biennial plant and will produce yellow four-petaled flowers in loose clusters in its second year. Those dry into long capsules known as siliques that contain the tiny seeds.



CLASSIFICATION:  Open Pollinated, Heirloom, Non-Gmo, Biennial

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