This sizeable perennial vegetable has gained gourmet status due to its delicious purple flower buds. Harvested before they open, they have a soft, buttery quality. The plant is also garden-worthy in itself as it grows huge, architectural grey leaves that are finely cut. If left, flowers are a magnet for bees.
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Latin Name:
Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus
Position:
Full Sun
Height:
1.3m
Spread:
60cm
Growing Info: From March-July, sow under glass, 20mm deep in moist seed compost. Keep at 18°C. When seedlings are large enough to handle, transplant into pots and grow on. Plant out the following spring, with 90cm of spacing, into well-prepared soil, fertilised with well-rotted manure. Keep feeding with general purpose fertiliser and keep well-watered and weed free.
