Beta, Giant Ornamental Beet 'Bull's Blood'

I love the red leaves, really adds a nice color to the garden. Alas, I did not have a chance to blanch the leaves from my first picking...Read More to see how they tasted (they were so big I had no room in the fridge to store them).

Beets are smaller than the Detroit dark red I grew in years past, but still I should have some close to four pounds or so. I have grown six - eight pound Detroit Dark Reds which I give away as I do not want to deal with a beet that size LOL

This is definitely a sweet beet. Ours seem a little smallish - larger than a golf ball. Ours also seem to be coming up slow, so I am al...Read Moreso hoping they will catch up in the next week or so.

Information only, I have not grown this variety.

This is the darkest leaved beet. It was selected from the French variety ...Read MoreCrapaudine by seedsman Kees Sahin of the Netherlands.

A very sweet beet that is supposed to be quite tasty. The juice from the Bull's Blood beet is the only red food coloring allowed by Swedish law.

Baby leaf tops in 35 days, 55 days for roots.