Vegetables
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Country of Origin: Italy

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Flower Time: Summer
Uses: Vegetable
Edible Parts: Fruit
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Salt tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature: 65-75
Days to germinate: 10-18
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Bees

Common names
  • Artichoke
  • Globe Artichoke

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