Blue Giant

Collard Greens

About Blue Giant and Collard Greens

Blue Giant

Collard Greens

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1 What is

1.1 Life Span

Perennial

Annual

1.2 Type

Cactus or Succulent

Vegetable

1.3 Origin

Southwestern United States, Mexico

Europe, Mediterranean, Canary Islands, Northern Africa

1.4 Types

Dasylirion acrotrichum, Dasylirion berlandieri, Dasylirion cedrosanum

Not Available

1.4.1 Number of Varieties

NANA

0 40000

1.5 Habitat

Desert, Dry areas, Rocky areas

Not Available

1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone

12-15Not Available

0 99

1.7 AHS Heat Zone

12-10

6-1

1.8 Sunset Zone

10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

1.9 Habit

Rosette/Stemless

2 Information

2.1 Plant Size

2.1.1 Minimum Height

17.78 cm30.50 cm

0.54 3900

2.1.2 Minimum Width

10.16 cm30.00 cm

0.1 6350

2.2 Plant Color

2.2.1 Flower Color

Yellow

2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier

Not Available

Bicolor

2.2.3 Fruit Color

Tan

Brown

2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring

Green, Blue Green

Not Available

2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer

Green, Blue Green

Green, Gray Green, Dark Green

2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall

Green, Blue Green

Green, Gray Green

2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter

Green, Blue Green

Green, Gray Green

2.3 Shape

2.3.1 Leaf Shape

Narrow

Spinach Type

2.4 Thorns

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3 Season

3.1 Plant Season

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Spring, Fall, Winter

3.2 Growing Conditions

3.2.1 Sunlight

Full Sun

Full Sun, Partial Sun

3.2.2 Growth Rate

Slow

Fast

3.2.3 Type of Soil

Loam, Sand

3.2.4 The pH of Soil

Neutral, Alkaline

3.2.5 Soil Drainage

Well drained

3.2.6 Bloom Time

Spring

Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer

3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer

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3.3 Tolerances

Drought

4 Care

4.1 Where to Plant?

Container, Ground

Container, Ground, Pot

4.2 How to Plant?

Leaf Cutting, Seedlings, Stem Cutting

Seedlings

4.3 Plant Maintenance

Medium

4.4 Watering Plants

4.4.1 Watering Requirements

Does not require lot of watering, Water occasionally

Do Not over Water

4.4.2 In Summer

Lots of watering

4.4.3 In Spring

Moderate

4.4.4 In Winter

Average Water

4.5 Soil

4.5.1 Soil pH

Neutral, Alkaline

4.5.2 Soil Type

Loam, Sand

4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained

4.6 Sun Exposure

Full Sun

Full Sun, Partial Sun

4.7 Pruning

Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves, Remove dead or diseased plant parts

No need to prune, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves

4.8 Fertilizers

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, Fertilzer with low nitrogen content

Nitrate based fertilizers

4.9 Pests and Diseases

Red blotch

Alternaria Leaf Spot, Anthracnose, Aphids, Beet armyworm, Black rot, Cabbage looper, Cercospora leaf spot, Clubroot, Cutworms, Damping-off, Diamondback moth, Downy mildew, Flea Beetles, Leaf spot, Red blotch, Root knot nematode, Thripes

4.10 Plant Tolerance

Drought

5 Facts

5.1 Flowers

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5.1.1 Flower Petal Number

Single

5.2 Fruits

5.2.1 Showy Fruit

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5.2.2 Edible Fruit

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5.3 Fragrance

5.3.1 Fragrant Flower

✔ ✘

5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit

✔ ✘

5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf

✔ ✘

5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem

✔ ✘

5.4 Showy Foliage

✔ ✘

5.5 Showy Bark

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5.6 Foliage Texture

Bold

5.7 Foliage Sheen

Matte

5.8 Evergreen

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5.9 Invasive

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5.10 Self-Sowing

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5.11 Attracts

Bees, Butterflies, Not Available

Bugs

5.12 Allergy

Not Available

6 Benefits

6.1 Uses

6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses

Ground Cover

Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose

6.1.2 Beauty Benefits

Not Available

6.1.3 Edible Uses

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6.1.4 Environmental Uses

Air purification

soil erosion prevension on hill slopes

6.2 Plant Benefits

6.2.1 Medicinal Uses

Not Available

anti-cancer, Heart problems

6.2.2 Part of Plant Used

Not Available

Leaves

6.2.3 Other Uses

useful as a ground cover

Used as a vegetable

6.3 Used As Indoor Plant

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6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant

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6.5 Garden Design

Container, Dried Flower, Everlasting, Feature Plant, Rock Garden, Wall, Wildflower

Container, Edible, Herb / Vegetable

7 Scientific Name

7.1 Botanical Name

DASYLIRION berlandieri

BRASSICA oleracea

7.2 Common Name

Blue Giant, Blue Twister, Desert Spoon, Zaragosa

Carolina Cabbage Collard Greens, Collard Greens

7.2.1 In Hindi

Blue Giant Grass

collard साग

7.2.2 In German

Blue Giant Grass

Blattkohl

7.2.3 In French

Blue Giant Herbe

Chou cavalier

7.2.4 In Spanish

Blue Grass gigante

Brassica oleracea viridis

7.2.5 In Greek

Μπλε Giant Grass

λάχανο

7.2.6 In Portuguese

Blue Grass gigante

greens kollard

7.2.7 In Polish

Błękitny Gigant Trawa

kollard zieleni

7.2.8 In Latin

Giant herba blue

vireta kollard

8 Classification

8.1 Kingdom

Plantae

8.2 Phylum

Tracheophyta

Magnoliophyta

8.3 Class

Not Available

Magnoliopsida

8.4 Order

Asparagales

Brassicales

8.5 Family

Agavaceae

Brassicaceae

8.6 Genus

Dasylirion

Brassica

8.7 Clade

Angiosperms, Monocots

Not Available

8.8 Tribe

Not Available

Brassiceae

8.9 Subfamily

Nolinoideae

Not Available

8.10 Number of Species

2230

1 27800

Properties of Blue Giant and Collard Greens

Wondering what are the properties of Blue Giant and Collard Greens? We provide you with everything About Blue Giant and Collard Greens. Blue Giant has thorns and Collard Greens doesn't have thorns. Also Blue Giant does not have fragrant flowers. Blue Giant has allergic reactions like Not Available and Collard Greens has allergic reactions like Not Available. Compare all the properties and characteristics of these two plants. Find out which of these plant can be used as indoor plant. If you are interested to decorate your house and garden, find out aesthetic uses, compare them and select the plant which will beautify your surrounding. Along with beautification, try comparing medicinal and edible uses of Blue Giant and Collard Greens and you can choose the plant having best and most benefits.

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Season and Care of Blue Giant and Collard Greens

Season and care of Blue Giant and Collard Greens is important to know. While considering everything about Blue Giant and Collard Greens Care, growing season is an essential factor. Blue Giant season is Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter and Collard Greens season is Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. The type of soil for Blue Giant is Loam, Sand and for Collard Greens is Loam, Sand while the PH of soil for Blue Giant is Neutral, Alkaline and for Collard Greens is Neutral, Alkaline.

Blue Giant and Collard Greens Physical Information

Blue Giant and Collard Greens physical information is very important for comparison. Blue Giant height is 17.78 cm and width 10.16 cm whereas Collard Greens height is 30.50 cm and width 30.00 cm. The color specification of Blue Giant and Collard Greens are as follows:

Blue Giant flower color: Yellow
Blue Giant leaf color: Green and Blue Green
Collard Greens flower color: Yellow
Collard Greens leaf color: Not Available

Care of Blue Giant and Collard Greens

Care of Blue Giant and Collard Greens include pruning, fertilizers, watering etc. Blue Giant pruning is done Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves and Remove dead or diseased plant parts and Collard Greens pruning is done No need to prune, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves. In summer Blue Giant needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water. Whereas, in summer Collard Greens needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water.