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May 2, 2023 6:01 PM CST
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Ornamental Kale

Taken at Chicago Botanic Garden.

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May 2, 2023 6:37 PM CST
Name: Johannian
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Striking color! Great banner. Thumbs up
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May 2, 2023 7:18 PM CST
Name: Rj
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Perfect banner Nancy!
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May 2, 2023 7:44 PM CST
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I'm a big fan of ornamental vegetables of all sorts. Love your kale 'roses' in this banner.
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May 2, 2023 8:51 PM CST
Name: Gigi AdeniumPlumeria
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Murky said: Ornamental Kale

Taken at Chicago Botanic Garden.

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Nancy I thought you got a new variety of adenium Hilarious! Hilarious!

These are really pretty!
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May 3, 2023 1:57 AM CST
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That Kale is fetching! Lovey dubby
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May 3, 2023 3:28 AM CST
Name: Cal McGaugh
Escondido, California (Zone 10b)
I thought, "What pretty adenium blooms", too. Green Grin!
Are they edible? Maybe with a nice raspberry vinegarette or Ranch??
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May 3, 2023 7:35 AM CST
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Name: Nancy
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Those would sure be some adenium flowers, these get to 18" diameter! The ones in the photo are close to that size, I remember they were huge. These were taken mid-November.

This particular one is Brassica Oleracea Osaka Red, I found one of the old photos with a nameplate. The ornamental kales are edible, but since they're not grown for taste, they're quite bitter compared to kale grown as food, and a possibility they might have been sprayed with pesticides. And avoid the roots, roots of all kale are poisonous (I sure didn't know that).
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The red one is the same type in the banner, and a white one nearby.
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May 3, 2023 8:22 AM CST
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Those are so pretty! If you see me eating kale, the handbasket failed.
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May 3, 2023 10:57 AM CST
Name: Cal McGaugh
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purpleinopp said: Those are so pretty! If you see me eating kale, the handbasket failed.

Rolling on the floor laughing Rolling on the floor laughing

"And avoid the roots, roots of all kale are poisonous"
I avoid all parts of it. Sticking tongue out

Great banner, though. Thumbs up
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May 3, 2023 7:25 PM CST
Name: Gigi AdeniumPlumeria
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So pretty Lovey dubby Lovey dubby they have something in common with adeniums, root's poisonous but adeniums are poisonous all parts.
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