ARTICHOKE SEEDS
Cynara scolymus
These are perennial plants with ferny foliage and large flower buds in the first year if started early. These flower buds are the artichokes you cook and eat. If the buds are allowed to open they become huge, showy, purple thistlelike flowers that are excellent for cutting. Perennial to zones 7-10, they should be started early and treated as an annual everywhere else. Where adapted they will remain productive for 4-5 years.
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VG07200 IMPERIAL STAR
Artichoke Seeds
(OP) 90 days
This 4 foot tall plant produces sweet and mild 3-4.5 inch thornless flower buds the first year with yields up to 3 times higher than older varieties. Winter hardy to zone 7, it was bred to promote heavy annual production even in colder zones.
How to Plant ARTICHOKE Seeds
For really big, heavy blooming plants, start seed indoors in 4 inch containers, 5-6 weeks before the last spring frost. Plant only your best seedlings into the garden 3 feet apart. About 20% of the seedlings will be of low vigor and should be discarded. In zones 7 and above, artichoke plants may also be started from seeds, from late spring through late summer, for large, productive plants the following season.
