Grow your own gourmet artichokes from seed! Enjoy delicious, tender hearts from these productive perennial plants that also add ornamental beauty to your garden.
The artichoke (Cynara scolymus) is an herbaceous perennial plant that is grown for its edible flower buds. With their large, silvery-green leaves and thick stems topped with pinecone-like flower buds, artichoke plants add a strong architectural element to vegetable garden plantings.