Kale Plants - Red Russian Tender to eat and sweet in flavour! Kale plant ?Red Russian? will produce good crops of delicious grey-green leaves, almost like giant oak leaves. As the weather gets colder, the leaves take on a red tinge and the flavour sweetens. In fact, the 60-90cm high plants are so attractive that you could even grow them in the flower garden. Supplied in 9cm pots. ?Red Russian? kale is known to make great Chinese seaweed. Kale is packed full of tremendous health benefits such as vital vitamins and powerful antioxidants. This wonderful low maintenance variety produces a good crop of greens and is even available in the winter months!