Sweet and tender heirloom collard from Alabama, with smaller leaves ranging from green to blue, with quite the variety of colors in the stems as well. Bear Bottom Farm has been selecting and growing those with the the most purple stems, and coincidentally finds those to be slower to go to flower as well! They are both cold and heat tolerant as far as collards go, and can be grown with closer spacing due to their smaller size. Even as the temperatures rise, and also when the leaves get large, they maintain their sweetness and tenderness and cook up real nice. This variety was introduced in 2015 by our collard-loving friends at Southern Exposure Seed Exchange in Virginia from seedstock shared by Jean Mills.