Cynara cardunculus ~ Cardoon-ServeScape
Cynara cardunculus ~ Cardoon-ServeScape
Cynara cardunculus ~ Cardoon-ServeScape
Cynara cardunculus ~ Cardoon-ServeScape
Cynara cardunculus ~ Cardoon-ServeScape
Cynara cardunculus ~ Cardoon-ServeScape

Cynara cardunculus

Cardoon

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**Dormancy Note - This plant is currently dormant for the winter! It is available for purchase! Your delivered plant may be dormant, or showing very little top growth. However, you can still plant! These plants are putting all their energy into root production, so they will be ready to thrive in the spring! If you have any issues with your plant the following peak season, you can fill out our return request form to request a replacement plant.

Cardoon is a tender columnar perennial treated as an annual with attractive but prickly deep-lobed grey-green foliage.  Sturdy edible stalks sport large flowerheads that are also edible if unopened and bloom to thistle-like purple flowers.  Best if grown in rich, consistently moist well-drained loamy soils.  To harvest the stalks, wrap the inedible leaves around the stalks and blanched when stems reach 3', and the cut to the ground 4-6 weeks later.

Type: 

Annual

Height: 

3' - 6'

Spread: 

2’ - 3'

Spacing: 

1.5'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

7 - 10

Culture: 

Full Sun

Bloom Color: 

Purple

Season of Interest: 

FallYear-Round

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance.  Mulch in winter.  
LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, BordersWildlife GardenEdible Garden, and Containers.  Potential diseases include gray mold, powdery mildew and root rot.  Watch for aphids, snails, slugs and blackfly. 

COMPANION PLANTS:  Dusty Miller, Snapdragon, Cushion Spurge

IMAGES: AcabashiGlobe artichoke Cynara cardunculus, Easton Lodge Gardens, Little Easton, Essex, EnglandCC BY-SA 4.0, (2) AcabashiCynara cardunculus, Easton Lodge Gardens, Little Easton, Essex, England 2CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Burkhard Achilles34.1-Cynara cardunculus, Artischocke, Kloster Michaelstein, 02-08-2015CC BY-SA 4.0, (4) JoanbanjoCamp de penques al Poble NouCC BY-SA 3.0, (5) Rudolphous20210620 Hortus botanicus Leiden - Cynara cardunculus (leaves)CC BY-SA 4.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.

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