Saturday, 30 January 2016

:: cynara cardunculus var. scolymus ::

Some things take a lot of will and persistence to bring into being. 
This is one of those things. 
I have tried since 2014 to get seed to take of these purple artichoke. Finally, germination failure after germination failure, I got 4 plants this Spring! 
The joy! 
The happiness! 
Even more amazing is that they are flowering already this Summer - I imagined I'd have to wait until next Spring for that. 
Only small flower heads - a little bit smaller than a tennis ball, the largest, but purple artichoke flowers they are. And, again another edible perennial for the front gardens. Happy days.

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