CARDOON Ivory White

Species: Cardoon
Latin name: Cynara Cardunculus L.
Inscription in the European catalog under: Cardon Blanc Avorio - Bianco Avorio - Bianco Avorio a - Foglia Frastaglia - Bianco Avorio d'Asti
Other usual name: Cardoon - Cardoon of Spain - Wild Artichoke - Chardonette - de.Gemüseartischocke - en.Cardoon - Artichoke Thistle - Cardone - Cardoni - Cardi - es.Cardo de Comer
Variety: White Ivory
Family: Astéracées, (Cynareae)
Origin: Southern Europe, North Africa

The Cardoon Ivory White : Perennial early variety with large stems, a thick, tender center flowerstalk, and its blue violet flowerbuds. Plant reaches an average size, leaves are divided into lobes of a natural white ivory color. The stalks are without spines. Only the outside stalks and the young leaves of cardoon are eatable, as well as the flowerbuds which look like small artichokes, to use in kitchen, cooked in juice or overbaked, their flavor is very close to artichoke.

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 80cm to 1m
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: 70 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.