Purple Top White Globe turnip
Brassica rapa 'Purple Top White Globe'
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size3 to 4 inches tall
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Bloom color
- Purple, white
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
Garden uses
Notes
'Purple Top White Globe' turnip (Brassica rapa 'Purple Top White Globe') 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, loamy or clay soil. It grows rapidly and stays erect. This is the traditional American turnip.
Pairs well with Spinach, Scallion green onion, and Lovage.