Bulls Blood Beetroot - Heirloom Vegetable - 50 Seeds Anise Lance shaped leaves and flowers

Lance shaped leaves and flowers and blue flowers this annual grows to 40cm and is best planted in autumn

Flowers are followed by cherry like red fruit (1/2 inch diameter drupes)

The Mammoth Mix contains a selection of stunning shades of crimson

their triangular tips more or less pointed and recurved

These bushy compact annuals flower at 12 to 16 weeks

Bulls Blood Beetroot - Heirloom Vegetable - 50 Seeds Anise Lance shaped leaves and flowersBulls Blood beetroot is a magnificent dual purpose variety known for its deep red coloured leaves. This old variety has been used for both ornamental and culinary use since Victorian times. It was listed pre 1900 in England and is probably the only decorative leafed Victorian beetroot variety surviving. This useful crop can be used at any stage of growth, harvest the leaves for baby leaf, in mixed salads or use steamed like spinach, or the roots can