Purple Moon cauliflower
Brassica oleracea 'Purple Moon (F1)'
USDA zones6 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- Purple
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Purple Moon' cauliflower (Brassica oleracea 'Purple Moon') is a vegetable for food gardens, containers, and borders. It is typically grown as an annual. It ranks among the more cold-hardy crops, and with some winter protection it keeps growing through light freezes. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It is an erect plant that matures in 62 days. Bees and butterflies visit the purple blooms.
Pairs well with Black Cherry tomato, Lemon balm, and Berggarten sage.