If you love to eat artichokes, why not grow your own fresh supply? You can grow this highly ornamental plant in your garden or yard, where its silvery foliage can do double duty as a striking landscape feature.
Even those of us with shorter growing seasons can grow these Mediterranean vegetables in our gardens with the right planning and cultivars.
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In this article, I’ll include options for growing these vegetables in different conditions so you can find the best way to bring your plants to a tasty harvest.
Here’s what I’ll cover:
Just to make sure we’re on the same page before we get started, this article is about Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus, also known as “globe artichokes,” and not the tubers called “sunchokes” or “Jerusalem artichokes,” which are botanically classified as Helianthus tuberosus.
If the tubers are what you’re after, consult our complete guide to growing and caring for Jerusalem artichokes.
Cultivation and HistoryWhile they may not be the most common garden vegetable, artichokes can nonetheless be grown at home in your garden, or even in your flower beds.
And they are adaptable to more climates and growing conditions than you might think.
They are perennial in USDA Hardiness Zones 7 to 10, and depending on the variety, this range can be extended to Zones 5 and 6 with overwintering protection.
Gardeners in colder zones will want to treat this veggie as an annual.
Once you are familiar with the appearance of an artichoke plant, you may notice its strong resemblance to a thistle.
This similarity is no coincidence – artichokes don’t just
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