Possums! Prepare for Battle!

"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings."

- The Walrus and the Carpenter - Lewis Carroll

I really must pay more attention to my journal.  I read yours everyday, even if I don't comment.  Laziness.

I have been unsuccessfully googling for days now.  Perhaps you all can help.  Daily during my neverending drives, I see professionally landscaped areas around business parks, that have rows of these delicious looking plants.  I mean that literally.  They look like heads of cabbage or butter lettuce, purple or green, low to the ground, with no other foliage or blooms.  They're usually planted in rows.  When I see them I always think how good one would be smothered in ranch dressing.  Isn't that a bizarre thought?  What are they?

They must be perennials.  I think.  Even though we have had a month of freezing weather and a couple of snows I still see them holding on for dear life. I want to plant them in my yard next year.  Does anyone know what I'm talking about?  I cannot find pictures anywhere because I don't know what they're called.

I'm baffled.

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• #4 Comment from stupidsheetguy 
  12/11/06 2:18 PM | Permalink

  I believe what you're talking about is ornamental kale. I used to plant them in the garden with mums
• #3 Comment from jckfrstross 
  12/10/06 11:26 PM | Permalink

  i agree with julie:) have a good week
  
  Deb
• #2 Comment from rbrown6172 
  12/10/06 9:33 PM | Permalink

  i've seen them as well...but have no idea what the name is.  i like your introduction.  lol
  gina
  http://journals.aol.com/rbrown6172/ginasspace/
• #1 Comment from midwestvintage 
  12/10/06 5:54 PM | Permalink

   I think your talking about Kale.  They have ornimental and it is edible.
  
  
  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f1/Flowering-kale.jpg/180px-Flowering-kale.jpg
  
                  Julie