Purple Star carrot
Daucus carota 'Purple Star'
USDA zones4 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Red, purple
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Purple Star' carrot (Daucus carota 'Purple Star') is a vegetable for food gardens and pollinator gardens. It is typically grown as an annual. It is one of the more cold-hardy crops and can keep growing through light freezes with some winter protection. This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It grows rapidly and stays erect, and its red and purple blooms attract butterflies and bees.
Pairs well with Bouquet dill, Sage, Ruby Star coneflower, and Smooth aster.