- This roasted cauliflower salad is made with purplecauliflower, kalamata olives, capers, lemon zest, and parsley in a red wine vinaigrette. Beautiful brilliant purple heads weighing 1-1.3 kg (2-3 lbs) with a fine, sweet flavour. CauliflowerPurpleSicily produces a medium to large head, averaging 15 to 30 cms in diameter, and is sometimes surrounded by green leaves that bear a thick, fibrous midrib. CauliflowerPurpleSicily ( Brassica oleracea ) is an old Italian heirloom variety, that has been handed down for generations. It is still a popular choice in the veggie patch today... Mainly in the city of Catania, but in all of the surrounding areas of Mount Etna in Sicily, you’ll find mountains of these beautiful vibrant purplecauliflowers piled high in the markets. purple of sicilycauliflower for planting outdoor garden. PurpleSicilyCauliflower grows in the cooler seasons as a biennial cruciferous vegetable. Suitable For: Indoor, OutdoorSeed For: LX-81 - Cauliflower-3 Variety-Romanesco,PurpleSicily,Snowball - (1350 Seeds) ‘PurpleSicily’ has a tight head, is easy to grow, slow to run to seed and packed full of minerals and anti-oxidants that are associated with the purple colour. Occurrence of 'broccoli type' F2 individuals and their genetic stability in F2:3 support the intermediate position of 'Sicilianpurple' between broccoli (Calabrese) and cauliflower. Alternatively, ‘Sicilianpurple’ is botanically an intermediate of broccoli and cauliflower (Gray, 1982; Branca et al., 2018) and appears closer to broccoli.
