The listing, 100 Georgia Southern ( AKA Creole) Collard Green Seeds HEIRLOOM has ended.
Brassica oleracea
Georgia Southern Collard Greens (75 days)
First released in 1879.
Georgia Southern is a very old standard variety that is still very popular in the South. Georgia Southern Collards are a deep blue/green color that really stand out in your garden.
Georgia Southern Collard is a slow to bolt, non-heading type of collard that grows 2-3 feet. Leaves are tasty, tender, mild and juicy. Most folks strip the leave portions off of the stems for a tastier collard green.
Tolerates heat and poor/sandy soils.
1944 Burpee's Seed Catalogs says about Georgia Southern Collard....
"Produces as loose rosette of large, succulent, cabbage-like leaves which make delicious boiling greens. Does not form heads. Deserves to be better known."