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What’s a purple tree collard?

Tree collards are a perennial, continuing to grow and produce year after year, but they’re only winter-hardy to about 20 ...
Post and Courier

The power of purple: Colorful trees add punch to your landscape

On a back roads drive to the western North Carolina mountains, we always pass by a scenic little farm whose crowning glory is a row of majestic purple leaf plum trees lining the driveway. I am always ...
Iowa Public Radio

Collard enthusiasts are using science and preservation to lift up rare varieties of the leafy green

“I had never seen purple collards before.” Collard greens are a staple for many households during the holidays, especially for Black families, including Brazelton’s, but the majority of collards sold ...
KCUR 89.3 FM

Collard enthusiasts are using science and preservation to lift up rare varieties of the leafy green

DeZha Smith, at 21-year-old farmer from north St. Louis, surveys dozens of collard green plants at the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center in East St. Louis, Ill. The plants are part of a study examining the ...
KBIA

Collard enthusiasts are using science and preservation to lift up rare varieties of the leafy green

Hundreds of collard greens are evenly planted in rows inside a softly-lit greenhouse at the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Food, Agriculture and Nutrition Innovation Center in East St. Louis, Illinois. These ...