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T&M Purple sprouting broccoli

by Diane - April 26th, 2013.
Filed under: Thompson and Morgan.

Broccoli ‘All Year Round Collection’ (Purple Sprouting) – 3 packets – 1 of each variety (425 seeds in total)
 £5.99
This broccoli all year round collection includes the following varieties; Summer Purple (Aug-Oct) - British breeding especially for summer cropping as needs no vernalisation (winter chill) to produce tasty purple spears. Robust plants will produce high yields if picked regularly to promote fresh flushes of spears. Broccoli Summer Purple has good heat tolerance. Crops from July to November if sown at regular intervals. Apollo (Jun-Nov) - Grow your own distinctly-flavoured, tender-stem broccoli at a fraction of the price of imported supermarket produce. A cross between selections of broccoli and kailaan (Chinese kale) to give deliciously flavoured, soft and tender, nutrient-rich stems and flower buds. The main or central head must be cut to encourage plenty of side-shoots. Choice Selection (Dec-May) - A choice mix of three British bred Broccoli varieties, Red Admiral F1 hybrid, Rudolph and Cardinal. Vigorous plants to provide top quality, large purple spears throughout the winter and spring at a time when fresh vegetables are often in short supply. Grows best in fertile, moist, well drained soil

Broccoli ‘Redhead’ (Purple Sprouting) – 1 packet (150 seeds)
 £2.49
An improvement on traditional forms of purple sprouting. Broccoli Redhead are seeds in the RHS Vegetable Collection and produce a more vigorous plant with large primary heads along with good sized, secondary shoots for picking over an 8 week period through from March to April

Broccoli ‘Red Spear’ (Purple Sprouting) – SowStrong® Collection – 1 packet (70 seeds)
 £2.49
Vigorous plants produce a huge crop of top-quality, tasty purple spears

Broccoli ‘Choice Selection Mix’ (Purple Sprouting) – 1 packet (200 seeds)
 £2.09
A choice mix of three British bred Broccoli varieties, Red Admiral F1 hybrid, Rudolph and Cardinal. Vigorous plants to provide top quality, large purple spears throughout the winter and spring at a time when fresh vegetables are often in short supply. Grows best in fertile, moist, well drained soil

Broccoli ‘Summer Purple’ (Purple Sprouting) – 1 packet (200 seeds)
 £2.09
British breeding especially for summer cropping as needs no vernalisation (winter chill) to produce tasty purple spears. Robust plants will produce high yields if picked regularly to promote fresh flushes of spears. Broccoli Summer Purple has good heat tolerance. Crops from July to November if sown at regular intervals

Broccoli ‘Rudolph’ (Purple Sprouting) – 1 packet (100 seeds)
 £1.99
One of the earliest, Broccoli Early Sprouting Rudolph produces tasty large spears. If you live in a colder climate then you can still expect early harvests from mid February