Needs some purple ideas

[Mell]

My daughter has purple gardening beds and I keep trying to find purple veg for her to grow

Carrots are a favourite & auberginbes, purple callies. But the plot needs a change from those any ideas ?

[kalimna]

Salad Blue spuds - ok, so the leaves are still green, but the spuds are a bluey-purpley colour and taste fabulous.
And just thought - there are purple varieties of globe artichokes and asparagus, but they perhaps need more time to grow.
Purple kohl-rabi is another

Adam

[Shadylane]

Beetroot, purple sprouting broccoli, chives, borage, phacelia(not edible but attracts the bees) purple chillies (might not like it outside though depending on variety)...
Ooh and red cabbage (which is really purple), some varieties of runner beans are purple and you can get reddish/purple lettuce too.

[Jono]

Red cabbage is kind of purple.

Purple carrots?

[Bigmallly]

Just for you:

purple vegetables - Google Search

[Mell]

As I mentioned done Brassica & carrots already so need other groups on rotation..

Think globe artichokes and asparagus are too long term & I do salad blue & other colours, but have decided this year all spuds are in bags as I seem to always miss a few in the beds ! & bags are giving better results anyhow

Purple kohl-rabi like but Brassica again Found some purple sping onions...

Peas & beans might be the best option !

[northmaid]

Purple Giant climbing beans; a very kind grape sent me some last year and they are fantastic. They do grow tall so need long canes but crop prolifically and look really good on the stems. I've saved a few seeds for next year so if you want to try, just pm me with your address and I'll post some off.

[chris]

red onions?

[Mell]

red onions?

Other half does onions & only onions Hers might work better then oh dear

[vicky]

Red orach, lettuce and swiss chard. Some leeks have a purple tinge

[Two_Sheds]

Cosse Violette climbing French bean, Purple Queen or Purple Teepee dwarf beans

Violetta broad beans

These are my purpliest spuds: Mr Little's Yetholm Gypsy (what a fab name)

Chives?

[Mell]

These are my purpliest spuds: Mr Little's Yetholm Gypsy (what a fab name)

Chives?

Where did you get seed potato for them been looking for ages !

Lots of chives in my big herb bed

[Mell]

Red orach, lettuce and swiss chard. Some leeks have a purple tinge

Cool, any ideas which leeks ?

[Two_Sheds]

Where did you get seed potato for them

Mr Little's? From a Potato Day two years ago. Now I save my own seed from them each year (if I had enough I'd offer you one, but this year's harvest was poor)

[Mell]

Mr Little's? From a Potato Day two years ago. Now I save my own seed from them each year (if I had enough I'd offer you one, but this year's harvest was poor)

Ah, been looking for ages I'll keep looking gotta be out there somewhere !