Popular old-fashioned vegetables resembling Globe Artichokes!
Cardoons are grown for their crisp, succulent leafstalks which can be blanched in the same way as Celery. The tasty stems may be stewed, used in soups, or eaten raw in salads. Could be grown at the back of a flower border.
CULTURE: Sow February-March (under glass) for harvesting September-October.
Cardoon Seeds - Average Packet Content 70 seedsAbout Suttons...
Established in 1806, the Suttons brand has consistently led the way in supplying the very best flower and vegetable varieties of the highest quality. As a subsidiary company of Vilmorin Clause & Cie, the largest packet seed group in the world, Suttons remains one of the UK’s market leaders. The Suttons brand became hugely successful internationally during the 19th and 20th centuries.