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herbaceous layer
giant sea kale
crambe cordifolia
a colossal cloud of tiny honey-scented white flowers over cabbage-like leaves — the whole thing a froth of pollinator forage, with young shoots edible like its coastal cousin.
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food cropinsectarypollinator forage
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deep, free-draining, sandy
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grower's notes
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relationships — grows well with
sea kalecrambe maritima→globe artichokecynara scolymus→fennelfoeniculum vulgare→chivesallium schoenoprasum→
see giant sea kale on the relationship map →the takeaway
start a guild around giant sea kale
plant these together and the relationships on this page start working for you — feeders, protectors, and cover, layer by layer.
- herbaceous
- giant sea kale — the anchor
- herbaceous
- sea kaleglobe artichokefennelchives