Alabama Blue Collard Greens 2024. The alabama blue collard is an heirloom variety we buy from southern seed exchange. The best time to plant collards in alabama is in late summer or early fall.

Some of the varieties have distinctly blue or purple leaves, and i’m growing alabama blue, ole timey blue and one called purple this year. Introduced 2015 by sese.] landrace with wide variation in beautiful leaf colors.