PlantFiles: Broccoli Raab, Broccoli Rabe, Brocoletti, Cima di Rapa
Brassica ruvo

Very early, grows quickly, likes cool weather. Tasty cooked. Can be direct seeded or grown from small transplant. Heads not bigger than 1 1/2" Pretty yellow flowers if not harvested quickly

Broccoli raab germinates easily.... the seedlings resemble "butts" for lack of a better description! Round and fat with an indent on each outer side...... then the "true" leaves appear..... grows well in cool weather hot weather makes it taste awful..... let some go to seed and bolt (flowerr) so you can harvest seeds (for sowing)...... Plants should be thinned or transplanted to an interval of six inches..... harvest plants before buds open..... Generally served cooked (lightly steamed)..... Fast growing vegetable good for spring and fall harvests..... Plants also grow quite well in half shade. :)