Purple Sprouting Broccoli

[Cookie]

At last my OH likes broccoli so I thought about buying purple sprouting broccoli plants.......will they grow in containers cos I believe they're large plants and is there such a plant as green sprouting broccoli? Is it the right time to plant does it over winter?

[cajary]

Hi Cookie. I'm growing PS in containers. They're about 18" high and I've had to put stakes in to stop them falling over. It definitely over-winters 'cause it doesn't produce 'till early Spring. Watch out for the Cabbage-Whites, I'm crushing their eggs daily.
Their is green-sprouting broccoli, I work in the food idustry and we get it sometimes. Tastes exactly the same as cauliflower but you pay much more for it LoL