King slugs are feasting on my green and cream ornamental cabbages. It is late in the season and the slugs are helping to reduce the leaf waste from a variety of plants including the dying hostas. Still as I won’t be eating the ornamental cabbage I am not going to loose too much sleep.

I treat my ornamental cabbage as an autumn and winter display. This type of Kale can produce cabbageheads from spring   through  winter. Try ‘Rose Bouquet’, which produces dwarf, solid round heads of   red-pink, surrounded by a ruff of green leaves,  Tuscan cavolo nero, or a good seed mixture.