Dwarf Siberian Kale

I tried some early baby leaves one morning while weeding, and I was hooked! I harvested baby leaves almost daily for months in the summer, and into late fall. I never let these mature, just enjoyed the tender leaves. Great for salads or wilted in hot olive oil with toasted garlic.

This kale grows wonderfully from gathered seed. It is so tender and sweet for a kale. If you grow this variety you'll never go back to any other type of kale unless you just like feeding on tough hard leaves! :)

I would say that the dominating characteristic of this kale is how unbelievably prickly it is. The first time I grabbed it, I thought I had grabbed a thistle growing too close on accident. Turns out, there were no thistles, it was just this kale. This is a great seed stock, great germination, took off way faster than my other kales, and seemed to thrive in our heatwave when the others simply stopped growing, BUT I give it three stars overall simply because nowhere in the description do they warn you about this very prickly characteristic. I've decided that this kale is just not for fresh eating, so if you get this one, make sure you get some other kales you're more familiar with for your "massaged" kale salad recipes...otherwise, ouch! :) This is a good kale, it just shouldn't be your only one. I'm experimenting with freezing it and cooking...maybe it can do well as chips, but wear gloves when handling if you have very sensitive skin.

This variety didn’t produce well for me in South Carolina. I will be going back blue curled scotch kale which has done very well for me in the past.

This is a lovely kale but I'd say FAR from dwarf! We started these in our basement nursery, moved to green house and then the took off in our raised beds. They are giant and tasty! Our neighbors liked it as well.