What a coincidence, I was planning on growing both the Apollo and the purple sprouting ones too! But I'm glad jmsieglaff mentioned how the purple ones performed; the description in the catalogs made it seem like it would grow well during the summer months and with my zone's mild winters and long summers I thought it would be a perfect match.
Also, I thought Aspabroc and Apollo were one and the same? They are both hybrids of broccoli and gailon (Chinese kale). I just thought some companies changed the original name of Aspabroc to suit their needs. From what I read, Sakata Seeds in Japan created Aspabroc and named it to reflect the taste, which they claimed was a cross between asparagus and broccoli (not to be confused as an actual hybrid of the 2). Can anyone shed some light on whether these 2 are the same? There are also other names online if you Google Baby Broc or Broccolini also.
