As well as considering these companion plants when you plant broccoli, they are also beneficial if you grow broccolini, a trendy hybrid between European and Chinese broccoli.

It may be broccoli rabe, raab, or rapini - whatever you know it as, here is how to grow the superb crop successfully ...

You may hear it called Chinese broccoli, Chinese kale, kie lan, or jie lan. And these names make sense — the plant originated in China, and gai lan looks like a cross between broccoli and kale.

Kale, collard greens, and Chinese broccoli were created by making the leaves of the ancestor plant's leaves bigger, and were the first brassica domesticated, sometime before 300 BCE.

As a member of the Brassica (cole) family, broccoli rabe's kin include cabbage, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, kohlrabi, Chinese cabbage, rutabaga, turnips and broccoli.

Fresh Chinese noodles served with blanched broccoli and chile oil Makes 3 to 4 servings Ingredients 1 pound fresh Chinese wheat or rice noodles, or 8 ounces dried spaghetti 2 cups broccoli ...

Chinese broccoli — Also called gai lan, this fast-growing broccoli produces numerous slim stalks with small buds. This broccoli is equally valued for its leaves and stems as its flower buds.

Brassica Oleracea is a plant that many people have eaten, even if they aren't aware. That's because many of the vegetables we eat, such as kale, brussels sprouts, and broccoli, are derived from it.