Artichoke Green Globe - seed

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Delicious gourmet vegetable for the chef - and magnificent tall purple-flowering plant for the flower arranger. You may have to plant extra to satisfy both camps!
We can't ship this product to Tasmania, Western Australia.

Artichoke 'Green Globe' - Cynara scolymus
DESCRIPTION: Favourite in Italian cuisine, gourmet chef's vegetable with large dense heads (flowerbuds). Cook and eat the sweet leaf bases dipped in butter or sauce; or leave to flower and enjoy big purple blooms. Will crop for 4-5 years after planting
PLANTING: Sow direct or in pots indoors in Spring fr most regions; sow Autumn-Winter in the tropics. Lightly cover seed to 5mm. Plant out when frosts are gone and temperatures are above 15C.
CARE: Keep moist through germination and while growing. Water and feed regularly through the growing period. Harvest in 16-20 weeks from sowing.

 

 

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 90-120cm  60cm  5mm  14-28 days  12-16 weeks

 

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