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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Helena Horton

Heatwaves hit the Sunday roast: why the RHS says cauliflower is off the menu

A white cauliflower, purple cauliflower, and broccoli head sit together on a cutting board
Cauliflowers as they should be. The Royal Horticultural Society said the vegetables get easily stressed and fail to form a good head in high temperatures. Photograph: Thanasis/Getty Images

They are an integral part of the British Sunday roast – but cauliflowers are now going to be off the menu, according to the Royal Horticultural Society.

England’s climate has changed so much that the RHS is now recommending that gardeners exclude the brassicas from their vegetable patches.

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