![]() Yours may have one top or be multi-trunked. The plant is in a 2″ compostable container and is two to three inches tall, but should grow quickly. You can also find our videos by searching for Project Tree Collard on YouTube. Instructions for growing these remarkable plants will be included with your order. Once you have your own plant established you can easily make your own cuttings to produce more plants for yourself and others. You could try them in colder climates, but you might have to get creative either bringing them indoors for the worst cold spells, or taking cuttings before winter and setting out newly rooted plants in the spring. With irrigation they should be fine in the Southwest as well, though they will do best in the cooler months. We have heard of people successfully growing tree collards all along the Pacific coast, and South/Southeastern regions of the US. Tree collards are high in Vitamins B1, B2, B9, C, and beta-Carotene. Poultry love them too, when fed tree collards the eggs they lay will have brilliant orange yolks. With just two or three plants you can provide more than enough greens for a small family. Not only are they notable for their flavor, they are productive, nutritious, resilient, easy to grow, and low maintenance (as long as you can keep up with the abundant harvest!). Most people find that tree collards taste better than regular collard greens. They have a wonderful nutty flavor and produce all year long. They are called ‘tree’ collards because they can easily get to eight or even ten feet tall. ![]() Purple tree collards are a delicious perennial collard green hardy to 25 F (-4 C), possibly even down to the high teens. Imagine never having to go to the store to buy greens again!
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