CERTIFIED ORGANIC! Dark green plants grow 45-75cm (18-30″) tall with a variable bluish green central head between 8-20cm (3-8″) across. This is followed by abundant side shoots that keep coming until frost. Sow Calabrese organic broccoli seeds in early March indoors, or in May and June for a fall harvest. This heirloom broccoli variety arrived in North America with Italian immigrants in the late 1880s. It is probably centuries old. What Calabrese lacks in terms of uniformity, it more than makes up for in rich flavour.
Matures in 60 days. (Open-pollinated seeds)
[description action=”end”][quickfacts action=”start quickfacts”]- Dark green 10cm (4″) heads
- Great flavour and texture
- Developed in Italy hundreds of years ago
- Certified organic
- Matures in 60 days