Cynara cardunculus ~ Cardoon Size:1 GALLON Peach Perfection has improved heat

Peach Perfection has improved heat and sun tolerance

The bright silver sage darkens to olive when it matures

Keep the soils moist

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Cynara cardunculus ~ Cardoon Size:1 GALLON Peach Perfection has improved heatCardoon 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: