General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Fruit: Showy
Flower Time: Summer
Uses: Vegetable
Edible Parts: Fruit
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Salt tolerant
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Bees
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Globe Artichoke
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Cynara scolymus
  • Synonym: Cynara cardunculus subsp. scolymus

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Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2017-08-08
just beginning to turn purple
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2017-08-08
young fruits
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2017-10-07
Location: Mobot, St L. (Missouri Botanical Garden)
Date: 2017-08-09
Comments:
  • Posted by Calif_Sue (Sebastopol, CA - Zone 9a) on Feb 21, 2014 12:32 AM concerning plant:
    A large ornamental heirloom from France with a fine flavor and pretty purple flower heads.
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