Purple Cape

created by Frances at 11.01.2026

Features

Location

planting: bed

planting: outdoor

planting: raised bed

light: sunny to semi-shady

Fertilization: nutrient-rich

soil moisture: moist

Soil: good garden soil

Water: Adequate

Pflanzung: Bauerngarten

Pflanzung: Gewächshaus

Color

medium green

Cultivation Break

3 Years

Season Overview

Propagating

Planting

Harvest

J

F

M

A

M

J

A

S

O

N

D

Description

This very old, robust variety overwinters outdoors and produces purple "flowers" with a diameter of 15 to 20 cm in the following spring, which are completely protected by the foliage. The cauliflower, which has an excellent flavor, turns green when cooked. To make overwintering cultivation even safer, this cauliflower variety can also be grown in a greenhouse.

Non hybrid

Frostproof

Growing tips

The variety is grown in late spring/early summer and planted in late summer. It is frost-resistant, can be grown in the greenhouse over the winter and also in the open field and produces flowers approx. 15-20 cm in size the following spring. Purple in color, it turns green when cooked. Otherwise, the general cultivation tips for cauliflower apply