(3/4) Chinese Artichoke (10) For Sale (Size: Small Bare Root) (Rhizome)
(4/4) Chinese Artichoke (10) For Sale (Size: Small) (Rhizome)
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Chinese Artichoke (10)
Stachys affinis
This is a groundcover plant that produces small, white, knobbly tubers in winter after the foliage dies down. The tubers have a delicate flavour, being slightly sweet and nutty, they add crunch to salads and stir-fries and are popular as a novelty vegetab... Read Morele. Can be eaten raw or cooked. Water well in summer. Can spread aggressively if given good conditions but are easily controlled by fencing them off and letting the chooks in for a day or two. Even tiny bits grow into full sized plants.
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Other Names: Japanese artichoke, Knotroot, Crosne, Chorogi
$14.90 ($0.50-$14.90 choose a size)
Preferred Climate Warm Temperate, Cool Temperate
Grown From Rhizome
Max Height (when in the ground with good conditions) 1-2m
Plants required to Pollinate 1 (Self Pollinating)
Can it Handle Frosts? Yes
Amount of leaves in Winter? No Leaves (Deciduous)
Quarantine Restrictions to these Areas WA
Fruiting/Harvest Months April, May, June, July, August, September
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