Purple Cauliflower 40 Seeds -LOW CARB!- Veggie

by Hirts: Seed; Vegetable

Product Features

• The appearance of PURPLE CAULIFLOWER is truly breathtaking
• Adaptable & productive
• 80 Days to Maturity
• Fun to Grow!
• 40 Seeds

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000UW0ZT4
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #299 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden)
  • #12 in Patio, Lawn & Garden > Plants & Planting > Plants, Seeds & Bulbs > Vegetables

Product Description

The appearance of PURPLE CAULIFLOWER is truly breathtaking. This Graffiti variety is the first PURPLE CAULIFLOWER of its size that actually retains its color when cooked. Wonderful when stir fried with garlic and ginger, GRAFFITI PURPLE CAULIFLOWER is at its best wehn quickly blanched, shocked with ice water and served as the show-stopping element in a cruidite platter. This lovely cauliflower would also make great pickles, since an acidic environment will help maintain the purple color. 80 days.

Cauliflower is recommended for a "Low Carb" diet!

Purple Cauliflower resulted from the discovery of a purpled coloured spontaneous mutant plant in a cauliflower field in the late eighties, and years of dedicated classical breeding at the research station "Danefeld" in Denmark. Purple Cauliflower is based on a very stable source of colour formation without the problems of previous varieties. It has been tested in many temperate and subtropical areas and proved itself to be adaptable and productive.

The purple colour is due to formation of anthocyanins also found in red cabbage and in red wine. The Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences has carried out analyses showing that Purple Cauliflower contains approximately 200 times more anthocyanin than a white cauliflower exhibiting "pinking" but with exactly the same substances. Some scientists believe that anthocyanins are actually healthy compounds belonging to the group of phenolic antioxidants. Actually this is the reason why many doctors recommend drinking a glass of red wine every day....

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

78 of 85 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Lousy germination, March 31, 2008

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Julie (Creston, BC, Canada) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Purple Cauliflower 40 Seeds -LOW CARB!- Veggie

My children and I ordered a selection of really fun seeds from you. (Hmong Red Cucumber
Black Sea Man Tomato, Rare Tigger Melon, Mexican Miniature Watermelon, Toga Striped Eggplant, Purple Cauliflower, Unwins Exhibiton 7 Pound Onion, Rare Red Bull Brussels Sprout)

My germination rate has been about 25% or less. All my other seeds from other companies are doing wonderful on my tables, but my Hirt's seeds are in a category of their own, small, stunted, wimpy, or not at all. I will not be ordering from you again, and I'm sorry I wasted my money.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars no plants :-(, July 15, 2011

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parrotheadtink "*tink*" (Vacaville, CA USA! USA! USA!) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Purple Cauliflower 40 Seeds -LOW CARB!- Veggie

The seeds were delivered quickly. They have not germinated, they have not sprouted in 3 weeks. I don't think I will have any purple cauliflower to eat. 40 seeds did not seem adequate. I would probably not buy from again. The purple carrot seeds I bought at the same time from a different seller DID germinate and are growing.

2 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Anxious to see this purple cauliflower, March 20, 2010

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Debra K. Dove "Debra Dove" (Cabins, WV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Purple Cauliflower 40 Seeds -LOW CARB!- Veggie

It is growing, waiting to see how it looks when full maturity. I love the color.