Purple Sun carrot
Daucus carota 'Purple Sun'
USDA zones4 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size8 to 10 inches tall
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Purple
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Purple Sun' carrot (Daucus carota 'Purple Sun') is a vegetable for food gardens, pollinator gardens, and meadows. 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 fast and stays 8 to 10 inches tall. Butterflies and bees visit its purple flowers.
Pairs well with Broccoli, Sage, Ruby Star coneflower, and Lemon balm.