Nice plants, Chelle!
WOW! Look at the spikes on the Cardoon!
Yours is definitely a different variety than mine. No spikes like that on this one.
I read a bit about the Cardoon, and see that the wild variety is spikey, and farmers tried to breed out the spikes to make it easier to handle and grow as a food crop.
Like it planted with the Melampodium. Really pretty combination.
Cinco de Mayo looks like a great rose.