"Chinese broccoli" is Gailan or Jielan, if you go to a chinese resturant, be sure to ask for it in chinese, otherwise, they just bring out regular American broccoli. I've been had too many times so now i always ask whether they've got the "right" broccoli or not. As for vegetable itself, it is in the same family as broccoli, with i think the same nutritional benefits. But it looks nothing like regular broccoli (except for color of leaves). It usually has thick, big green/blueish leaves, the center stem is about thumb thick. harvest when one or two flower buds are about to open on 8-10 in tall stem.Stem and leaves are boiled and eaten with oyster sauce or stir fried with only garlic and salt. it's much more heat tolerant than broccoli, can basically grow year round if you give it enough water. (But, i'm lucky to live So Cal where it never freezes or gets too hot!) i get seeds at my local chinese supermarket.

YOU CAN GET many seeds right from food stores ,for less than postage you can buy whole dried : beans ,peas, lentils , popcorn , some herbs and plant them . Save the seeds from your favorite Winter squash , melons, red tomatoes, red peppers, tomatillos soak them in a quart jar of water for 4 days the rinse them off then dry them off at 60 degrees .

@lucianob2022 My BN is very healthy but it would be best to check nurseries or rose societies in your area to be safe. I have grown BN as a gorgeous, medium large, free standing shrub. It could just be deadheaded (it’s a bloom machine) and pruned annually for shape and size. It’s not a big Noisette. Definitely shrubby, even as a climber. Carol

@Adam Harbeck I adore your Sophies, and they are stunning in their dragon pots!! I love the way petals of roses with a lot of China heritage darken as they age and produce color gradients. I’ll bet Jeri admires your Sophies, too. Sophie looks like exactly the kind of gorgeous red-pink China-type rose Jeri frequently posts pics of. I wonder if Sophie would resist blackspot in my area. My region is a far cry from Australia. I wish I could smell her. Sophie’s scent must be coming from her Bourbon ancestry. Bourbons got the fragrance for sure! Carol