Variety profile
Savoy cabbage ‚Ormskirk’
Brassica oleracea var. sabauda · Brassicaceae
- Ripening
- spät
- Harvest
- Week 1 to 8, Week 49 to 52
- Vigour
- stark
- Growth habit
- flachrund, stark geblasen
- Origin
- England
- Introduced
- 1899
- Open-pollinated
- Yes
- Heritage variety
- Yes
- Use
- Kochen, Lager
About this variety
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A very hardy, open-pollinated savoy cabbage of the old English school that you can leave standing through the winter into early spring. The flat-round heads are dark green and deeply blistered and shrug off even hard frost out in the bed. This variety asks for patience and a long time in the ground, but in return it supplies you with fresh greens in the lean season.
Robust and aromatic; the frost gives the leaf a pleasant sweetness. Perfect for hearty winter stews and long braising.
Care and diseases
Soil, feeding, pruning, companion planting and diseases apply to every variety of this species alike. You will find the full guidance on the species page.
All care notes for Savoy cabbage