[vjwuk]

Hi
We have recently got an allotment that had been used but had been left for a while.  There is a Cardoon or Globe Artichoke area (old stems in situ just) how do we know which plant it is as they look similar but have to be dealt with differently.
Thanks

[Aunt Sally]

Probably Globe Artichokes.

Cardoons, although they have supposedly edible stems, are really a decorative plant.

[Totty]

Let it grow to find out. Both make nice plants.

Totty

[brightonbaker]

Hello

I think I have found a globe artichoke or cardoon growing on a weedy patch of our allotment - can anyone help identify this from the picture?

Am I just trying to save another weed?!

Thanks

Emily

[mumofstig]

It certainly looks like it 

[Totty]

Cardoon I reckon

[A. Fallowfield]

I had the globe artichoke or cardoon problem when I took my plot. It turned out to be a six foot tall cardoon (artichokes don't grow anywhere near that big) eventually I dug it out, but if you've room for it the flowers are the best bee attractant I've ever seen!

[Aunt Sally]

My cardoon grows overwinter rather than starting in spring so I'd say it is a globe.

[brightonbaker]

Thanks everyone - fingers crossed either way that it's tasty 

[Aunt Sally]

Cardoons aren't !