These are fun to see in the garden. I started them too late last year and the plants were very small, so I wintered them inside -- I didn't expect this to work since indoor vegetable plants are usually miserable. But these were very cooperative and got nice and big outside this year! It's hard to get all five colors at once but even when they're all purple it's pretty striking. We're about to try eating them now that I've seen the review mentioning they're edible, Thanks!