Purple Bumble Bee tomato
Solanum lycopersicum 'Purple Bumble Bee'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Indeterminate
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Purple, green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Purple Bumble Bee' tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Purple Bumble Bee') is a vegetable for food gardens, containers, and pollinator gardens. It is typically grown as an annual. It is tender to cold, and the first hard frost will kill it. This plant likes full sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Rabbits usually look elsewhere for a meal. It is an open-pollinated, indeterminate plant that grows quickly, matures in 70 days, and attracts bees.
Pairs well with Dukat dill, Alpha calendula, and Socrates cucumber.