Variegated Collards — A Florida Heirloom With a Story
Cousin, these are more than pretty greens. Variegated Collards are a Florida family heirloom with a history traced to around 1910. Their green-and-white leaf patterns can become especially striking in cooler weather. Leaf color varies from plant to plant and with growing conditions, so no two gardens will look exactly alike.
Collards are part of Southern food traditions, and generations of Black farmers, gardeners, cooks, and seed keepers have helped carry those traditions forward. Saving seed is one way that growing knowledge and food heritage travel from one season to the next.
Grown and saved by Plant & Heal
We grew these collards for seed, kept the flowering plants isolated, harvested and stored the seed separately, and germination-tested and assigned a lot number to the seed crop. These are seeds from our own growing and seed-saving work—not just a story printed on a packet.
Growing basics
- Crop: Collards (Brassica oleracea, Acephala Group), an edible non-heading leafy green.
- Season: A cool-season crop; use your local Cooperative Extension planting calendar.
- Planting: Sow about ¼–½ inch deep in well-drained soil. Keep the seedbed evenly moist while seeds establish.
- Spacing: Give mature plants room; roughly 12–24 inches apart depending on growing method.
- Harvest: Pick outer leaves while leaving the growing center intact for continued growth.
- Color: Variegation can be more pronounced in cool weather; appearance varies.
Packet: 25 seeds. Germination test and lot information are maintained with the seed lot and labeled on the packet.
Read the Know Your Collards growing guide →
Food Security Starts With a Seed.
Store terms
Note: IMPORTANT: I am not responsible for buyer germination success, seeds have been tested. 1. Any and all claims made through USPS must be made by the buyer, our company will assist you with any claim as much as we are able. The final responsibility relies with the buyer. 2. We are not responsible for any error on the carriers fault- crushed package, lost package, delayed package or any other case that might arise. Once the package leaves our facility the liability is on the buyer. 3. Any problem you have with the package needs to be reported to me within 24 hours of the delivered time stamp from USPS. 4. When purchasing from us you are agreeing to these terms and conditions and you understand the inherent risk of having living plants shipped to you in the mail. Leaves do get damaged, some roots will have die off, this is all normal when shipping plants. Our company will be here to assist you in any if you need help acclimating your new plant. 5. Plant might be a little smaller/bigger, more or less full, longer or shorter but we do our best to make it similar to the listing photos. 6. These terms are final as soon as the package has been shipped through USPS and the tracking number has been created and scanned into the system. 7. You are agreeing to these terms if you make a purchase through my shop.