Medicinal or spice plant
Variety from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Medicinal or spice plant
Variety from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Medicinal or spice plant
Variety from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sea kale, Sea cole Seeds (Crambe maritima)
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Sea kale, Sea cole, Seakale Seeds (Crambe maritima)
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Crambe maritima (common name sea kale, seakale or crambe) is a species of halophytic flowering plant in the genus Crambe of the family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), that grows wild along the coasts of Europe,
Sea kale, Sea cole, Seakale Seeds (Crambe maritima)
Price for Package of 20 seeds.
Crambe maritima (common name sea kale, seakale or crambe) is a species of halophytic flowering plant in the genus Crambe of the family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), that grows wild along the coasts of Europe, from the North Atlantic to the Black Sea.
Description
Growing to 75 cm (30 in) tall by 60 cm (24 in) wide, it is a mound-forming, spreading perennial. It has large fleshy glaucous collard-like leaves and abundant white flowers. The seeds come one each in globular pods.
Distribution
Very rare in Northern Ireland, recorded from Counties Down and Antrim and from a number of seaside counties of Ireland.
Culinary use
The plant is cultivated as a vegetable, related to the cabbage.
Along the coast of England, where it is commonly found above high tide mark on shingle beaches, local people heaped loose shingle around the naturally occurring root crowns in springtime, thus blanching the emerging shoots. By the early eighteenth century, it had become established as a garden vegetable, but its height of popularity was the early nineteenth century when sea kale appeared in Thomas Jefferson's Garden Book of 1809. It was also served at the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, when Prince Regent George IV of the United Kingdom (1762–1830) used it as a seaside retreat.
The shoots are served like asparagus: steamed, with either a béchamel sauce or melted butter, salt and pepper. It is apt to get bruised or damaged in transport and should be eaten very soon after cutting, this may explain its subsequent decline in popularity. However, given a rich, deep and sandy soil, it is easy to propagate and grow on from root cuttings available from specialist nurseries. Blanching may be achieved by covering it with opaque material or using a deep, loose and dry mulch.
As an ornamental plant
As an ornamental garden plant, C. maritima has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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Data sheet
- Handpicked seeds ?
- Handpicked seeds
- HEIRLOOM ?
- Yes
- Organic Seeds ?
- Organic Seeds
- Organic/natural ?
- Organic/Natural: Yes
- Edible ?
- Edible
- Pretreatment of sowing ?
- Soak in water before sowing 12-24 h
- Sowing depth ?
- Sowing depth 3 mm
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial plant : Yes
- Resistant to cold and frost ?
- Resistant to cold and frost
- Plant is suitable for growing ?
- The plant is suitable for growing in a greenhouse
The plant is suitable for growing on a balcony-terrace
The plant is suitable for outdoors cultivation - Manufacturer ?
- Manufacturer: Seeds Gallery
- Suitable for growing in flower pot ?
- Suitable for pot: Yes
- Origin of seeds ?
- Origin of seeds: Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Origin Country of Variety ?
- Variety from: Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Medicinal Plant ?
- Medicinal Plant: Yes
- Scientific name:
- Crambe maritima
- Sun Exposure ?
- Full sun from an early age
- Type:
- Vegetable Seeds
- Common Name:
- Sea kale
- Planting Time?
- Planting Time: Whole year-round
- Indoor/Outdoor?
- Indoor/Outdoor: Outdoor
- Soil Type?
- Soil Type: Any
- Watering?
- Watering: Medium
- Cultivating Difficulty?
- Cultivating Difficulty: Very easy
- Climate?
- It thrives in all climatic conditions
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Sea kale, Sea cole, Seakale Seeds (Crambe maritima)
Price for Package of 20 seeds.
Crambe maritima (common name sea kale, seakale or crambe) is a species of halophytic flowering plant in the genus Crambe of the family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), that grows wild along the coasts of Europe,