[Elcie]

The purple radish, free from a mag, were hilds blauer herbst und winter!  Try saying that after a couple of beers!

There are also purple carrots, I have grown them in my square foot front garden but I can't remember what they were called sorry.

[Swing Swang]

I grew purple spuds (salad blue) last year too. They kept their colour when roasted, chipped or crisped (try serving red, white and blue (purple) crisps for something really patriotic!).

I found that the colour went 'muddier' when boiled or mashed, but came back again when the boiled potatoes went cold. They looked really great in salads and made a great contrast with carrots (the ordinary orange kind).

Has someone mentioned purple mangetout peas yet?

SS

[Ice]

You know, it might come as a surprise, but non purple veg is as interesting and tasty as purple ones.

[Kimberley04]

I've bought some pink tomato seeds recently, and could really come around to the idea of having JUST pink veg ...

[Swing Swang]

Anyway, a couple of varieties that have been on my short list for a couple of years now, but which I've never got around to ordering:

PEA Ezethas Krombek Blauwschok - www.organiccatalogue.com

Indian Blue Corn  - www.jungleseeds.co.uk

SS

[Swing Swang]

Quite agree Ice, but I really do like purple climbing french beans as theye're far easier to see when picking.

I grew yellow (YELLOW YELLOW YELLOW - I'm going to hijack this thread with YELLOW!!!) mangetout peas for this reason, but didn't think much of the flavour, so maybe purple for me next year.

SS

[Kimberley04]

PurpleJaguar, look at this for a selection of purple veg:

http://www.jungleseeds.co.uk/SeedOrders/index1.html