Globe artichoke
Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus
ShrubPlacenta
Fast biomassProduction
A dramatic edible perennial that doubles as a chop-and-drop biomass factory — big leafy growth for mulch plus artichokes to eat. Self-seeds enthusiastically if left to flower.
Tolerances & traits
- Strata
- Shrub
- Lifecycle
- Placenta
- Soil preference
- Loam, Sandy
- Soil pH range
- 6 – 7.8
- Min. temperature
- -10°C
- Min. rainfall
- 450 mm/year
- Wind tolerance
- Medium
- Frost tolerance
- Medium
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Irrigation needed
- Medium
How to manage it
Big leafy perennial that doubles as chop-and-drop biomass; cut spent stalks to the ground after harvest and it regrows fast from the crown.
Watch out for
Correct latin name is Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus (var. scolymus = globe artichoke; plain C. cardunculus is the wild cardoon). Can self-seed; wild-type cardoon is invasive in parts of North America and Australia.
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