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Vegetables: The flowers and the “vegetable” are the same part of this plant.
Notable Characteristics: Large, white floret in the center of the plant.
Lookalikes: Young cauliflower may resemble cabbage.
Kale
Seedling: Kale seedlings come in a variety of shapes and colors, depending on the variety of kale in your garden. It’s best to hold off identification until they’re a bit older for most amateurs.
General Structure: Kale is generally a bushy plant with wildly curled leaves. It doesn’t have much beyond leaves and the stems are short, keeping the plant low to the ground.
Leaves: Kale ranges in color from deep green to dusty purple. They are generally tough, curly-edged, and bushy. That said, certain varieties are much more (or much less) curly than others.
Flowers: Kale varieties grown for eating rarely have traditional flowers.
Vegetables: You eat the curled leaves of kale and it does not produce any traditional “vegetables.”
Notable Characteristics: The curliest and toughest of the leafy plants.
Lookalikes: While spinach and many lettuce varieties are also quite leafy, they’re nowhere near as curly-leaved and bushy as kale.
Kohlrabi
Seedling: Kohlrabi seedlings look similar to cabbage or cauliflower seedlings, with rounded leaves and pronounced veins. Wait a few weeks to see how the plant matures, and remember that kohlrabi is much less common than cabbage or cauliflower in most gardens.
General Structure: At a distance, the leaves of kohlrabi resemble those of some lettuces. As you get closer, you realize that the stalks are too long and the leaves are too big. The edible part of kohlrabi grows as a above-ground, bulb-like circle. It’s hard to miss, and pretty weird when fully grown!
Leaves: Kohlrabi leaves are large and long, with pronounced stems that differentiate them from cabbage or cauliflower stems. They have visible white veins and curly to toothed leaves.
Flowers: Flowers are small and yellow, growing on tall stalks above the rest of the plant.
Vegetables: Kohlrabi is a pretty strange vegetable that you won’t find in many supermarkets. It’s roundish and grows above ground with leaves growing from it. They can be as large as a softball and are pale green.
Notable Characteristics: The above-ground vegetable is hard to miss!
Lookalikes: None as the plant matures.
Lettuce
Seedling: Lettuce seedlings are generally a bright green. Depending on the variety, the leaves can take a variety of shapes. There is no clear central stem.
General Structure: There are many varieties of lettuce. In general, the plant grows close to the ground with a clump of leaves. There is no clear central stem.
Leaves: Leaves vary, but are generally at least hand-sized. They may have purple hues or stems or can be any shade of green. They can be smooth or toothed and may be curly as well.
Flowers: If left to grow for too long, lettuce “bolts,” where a single stalk grows up from the center, often at least a foot or two long. The flowers are unremarkable, small and white.
Vegetables: The leaves are the edible part of lettuce plants.
Notable Characteristics: Lettuce is a varied group of plants, which can make it confusing to identify at first.
Lookalikes: Spinach and kale may be similar. Spinach is a dark, glossy green with longer stems. Kale is tough and very curly-leaved.
Leeks
Seedling: Much like onion, leek seedlings look quite a bit like grass. They just have a few long, narrow leaves and no central stalk.
General Structure: Leek plants quickly grow into something quite different from an onion. They have a central stalk make up of the stems of all of the leaves. The “stalk” area is quite short, so the plant never gets very talll.
Leaves: The leaves are thick and curled slightly, but otherwise are similar to a grass or corn leaf. They grow bilaterally, not all the way around the stalk.
Flowers: It’s unusual to see leek flowers in your garden until very late in the season. Then, you will see a long stalk with a ball of tiny white or purple flowers on top.
Vegetables: You eat the whitish root of leeks, below ground.
Notable Characteristics: Look for the bilateral growth of leek leaves to separate them from other root veggies with long, grass-like leaves.
Lookalikes: Young leeks may closely resemble onions or chives, but quickly grow into a more robust plant with thicker leaves. Leek plants may also closely resemble some lilies, but they won’t have the pretty flowers!