Cynara cardunculus ~ Cardoon Size:1 GALLON The bright silver sage darkens

The bright silver sage darkens to olive when it matures

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Watch for scale and mites

Cynara cardunculus ~ Cardoon Size:1 GALLON The bright silver sage darkensCardoon 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: