Tag: Broccoflower

The 6- to 8-inch broccoflower heads are ready to harvest in 65 days when grown from transplants and in 110 days when grown from seed. How do you know when to pick Romanesco? Heads should be ready to harvest 75-100 days after transplanting. Once they are ready the entire head can be cut off with […]

Broccoflower refers to either of two edible plants of the species Brassica oleracea with light green heads. The edible portion is the immature flower head (inflorescence) of the plant. Broccoflower Cultivar group Botrytis cultivar group Can you eat broccoflower leaves? The backstory: The leaves from the broccoli plant are usually plucked off and discarded, but […]

The backstory: The leaves from the broccoli plant are usually plucked off and discarded, but it turns out that they’re actually sweet-tasting, with a sugar-snap-pea-like flavor, and are an excellent source of calcium, folate, vitamin C and the other vitamins and minerals you typically find in broccoli. Are broccoflower leaves edible? Broccoflower refers to either […]

Broccoflower refers to either of two edible plants of the species Brassica oleracea with light green heads. The edible portion is the immature flower head (inflorescence) of the plant. Broccoflower Green cauliflower Species Brassica oleracea Cultivar group Botrytis cultivar group Is broccoflower the same as cauliflower? It looks like cauliflower dyed green. It has a […]

Romanesco broccoli (also known as Roman cauliflower, Broccolo Romanesco, Romanesque cauliflower, or simply Romanesco, and sometimes Broccoflower) is an edible flower bud of the species Brassica oleracea. Is broccoflower a real thing? The name comes from a cross between broccoli and cauliflower, two vegetables that are actually so closely related that they can be easily […]