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Cauliflower
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis
Cool-season brassica needing steady moisture and sun; blanch curds by covering leaves for white heads.
Sunlight
Full Sun
Water
Regular
USDA zones
2–11
Spacing
1.5 ft
Mature size
2 ft tall, 2 ft wide
Harvest
Late spring - early fall
Growing facts
- Botanical name
- Brassica oleracea var. botrytis
- Type
- Vegetable
- Category
- Vegetables
- Lifecycle
- annual
- USDA hardiness zones
- 2–11
- Sunlight
- Full Sun
- Water
- Regular
- Plant spacing
- 1.5 ft
- Mature size
- 2 ft tall, 2 ft wide
- Days to maturity
- 65
- Harvest season
- Late spring - early fall
- Pollinator friendly
- No
- Deer resistant
- No
- Native to North America
- No