CARDOON Giant of Romagna

Species: Cardoon
Latin name: Cynara Cardunculus L.
Inscription in the European catalog under: Gigante di Romagna
Other usual name: Cardoon - Cardoon of Spain - Wild Artichoke - Chardonette - de.Gemüseartischocke - en.Cardoon - Artichoke Thistle - Cardone - Cardoni - Cardi - es.Cardo de Comer
Variety: Giant of Romagna
Family: Astéracées, (Cynareae)
Origin: Southern Europe, North Africa

The Cardoon Giant of Romagna: Perenniel early variety of large stems, with a strong spineless center stalk. Flowers are blue violet. Plant of average size leaves divided into lobes of a natural gray green color. Only the outside salks of cardoon are eatable, as well as the flowerheads which resemble small artichokes, used in our kitchen cooked in juice or overbaked with cheese, their flavor is close to artichokes.

Seed sowing: From May to July or February to April transplant from May to August
Harvest cardoons: From September to December
Height: The cardoon can reach from 100 to 120 cm
Exposure: Sunny

Sowing instructions: Sow directly in place 3 to 4 seeds in a seedhole after any danger of frost has passed in a depth of 2 cm, or sow 3 to 4 seeds in pot under frame and transplant in a distance of 70 cm when plants got 4 to 5 leaves, only keep the strong plants and do not forget the watering. Cardoon is excellent for a winter storage.

Sowing distance: 60 cm between plants
Minimum seed sowing temperature: 12 °C
Seed germination: 10 to 15 days
Nutritional value: 36 Kcal for 200 gr.

Net weight of seeds: 4 gr. = +/- 90 seeds

All our seeds are sold with their sowing instructions.