Carrot – Purple (Daucus carota ‘Cosmic Purple’)
Carrot – Purple (Daucus carota ‘Cosmic Purple’)
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Purple Carrot ‘Cosmic Purple’ is a colourful and flavourful heritage-style carrot with deep purple skin and a vibrant orange interior. Its naturally sweet flavour makes it delicious both raw and cooked, while its attractive colour adds visual interest to home vegetable gardens and fresh produce displays.
Growing to approximately 18cm at maturity, this productive variety is well suited to direct sowing and can provide crops in both spring and autumn. It thrives in full sun with consistent moisture and is an excellent choice for gardeners looking for a nutritious, colourful and easy-to-grow root vegetable.
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Mature height
15 to 18cm
Mature width
5 to 8cm
Spacing
5 to 8cm apart, with rows approximately 30cm apart
Evergreen/Deciduous
Annual
Foliage
Purple skin with a bright orange interior and green foliage
Flowering Period & Fruit Development/Harvest
Grown for its edible roots; flowers are not typically produced before harvest
Sun tolerance
Full sun
Maintenance
Medium; keep soil consistently moist, thin seedlings to the recommended spacing and keep the growing area free of weeds
Root System
Edible taproot that develops underground and prefers loose, well-drained soil