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Globe artichoke....
Hi ,
Anyone help identify the plant for me ?.........I was at a BBQ at the weekend and liked it for possibly putting the same into my garden.
Bloody owner didn't know what it was !
Globe artichoke....
Nice one......thanks mate .Originally Posted by sestrel
And now I see it flowering , I like it even better.
Off to buy a few for a woodland area at the back of my house !!!
Tasty too if cooked proper like
Before you rush off to grab a pan and some boiling water these images for globe artichoke don't really look the same,,,just saying.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=gl...w=1024&bih=454
Not matured yet, give them a couple of months...
Ah ok.
Sorry, I do not know what it is, but I can assure you that is in no way a globe artichoke.
The plant shape is all wrong (ie it is single stems, artichokes are not), the leaves totally different (an artichoke leaf is a large leaf with many lobes around a central spine, not a simple leaf direct from the central stem) and the flower never looks like that (even when immature), it starts with its very fleshy "petals" before opening to make a large "thistle" flower with a purple top.
Some kind of chrysanthemum then?
Exactly, nothing like the OP's pictures
Apologies if I'm mistaken Steve, they look like them to me from memory of neighbours garden.Exactly, nothing like the OP's pictures
As Percy Thrower doesn't know what they are, but doesn't think they are artichokes, maybe ask the owner for one and take it to your garden centre, if you have a decent one nearby..
Last edited by sestrel; 7th July 2015 at 10:33.
Looks like some kind of thistle to me - of which the globe artichoke is a variety.
Edit: Cynara cardunculus?
Last edited by josep; 7th July 2015 at 11:08.
An update of sorts .......bumped into the lady of said plants this morning.
I said her husband didn't know what they were ......she says they are thistles !!!
They half open up to show yellow flowers .
Off to google it to see what I can find !!
I'm almost positive they are Centaurea macrocephala (giant knapweed)
Jerusalem artichokes have yellow flowers I think.
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