FREE: Globe Artichoke

The listing, Globe Artichoke has ended.

Winner receives 10 seeds
USDA Zones: 7 - 10
Life Cycle : Perennial
Height: 40 inches
Bloom Season: Late summer to early fall
Light requirement: Full sun
Soil Type: Moist, well-drained sandy to clay soils

Germination:
Temperature: =50°F
Average Germ Time: 14 - 30 days
Light Required: No
Depth: 1/2 - 3/4 inch deep
Plant Spacing: 24 - 36 inches
( Keep seeds moist until germination )

Artichoke plant grows to 1.4–2 m (4.6–6.6 ft) tall, with arching, deeply lobed, silvery, glaucous-green leaves 50–82 cm (20–32 in) long. The flowers develop in a large head from an edible bud about 8–15 cm (3.1–5.9 in) diameter with numerous triangular scales; the individual florets are purple. The edible portions of the buds consist primarily of the fleshy lower portions of the involucral bracts and the base, known as the "heart"; the mass of immature florets in the center of the bud is called the "choke" or beard. These are inedible in older, larger flowers.

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