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cabbage 'Cabbice'

Brassica oleracea (Capitata Group) 'Cabbice'

★ RHS AGM

Genus: Brassica
Family: Brassicaceae

About this plant

A vigorous cabbage variety that will grow in any free draining soil and stand up until the first hard frost of Autumn. It has an intensely sweet flavour and produces thick, crisp leaves that can be used as an alternative to iceberg lettuce in late Summer and Autumn

Growing Information

Height

0.1-0.5 Metres

Spread

0.1-0.5 Metres

Hardiness

Foliage

Deciduous

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full Sun

Soil

LoamSandyClay

AlkalineNeutral

Not Currently Available

This plant is not currently stocked at any garden centres on our platform.

Moisture

Well Drained

Aspect

West FacingEast Facing

Exposure

Exposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Grow in fertile, moist but well drained soil in full sun. Sow indoors between March to May and transplant when seedlings have 5-6 true leaves, or sow direct from late March at a depth of 1cm and 23cm between rows. See vegetable cultivation

Pruning

No pruning required

Propagation

Propagate by seed

Pests

May be susceptible to birds, cabbage caterpillars, cabbage gall weevil, cabbage root fly, cabbage whitefly, cutworms, flea beetle, mealy cabbage aphid, slugs and snails, swede midge

Diseases

May be susceptible to black rot, clubroot, downy mildew, foot and root rot, grey mould, leaf spot, white blister

Garden Uses

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumn

Size & Characteristics

Height

0.1-0.5 Metres

Spread

0.1-0.5 Metres

Habit

Clump Forming

Time to Full Height

One To Two Years