Most years, I start some onion seeds and perhaps a few artichokes indoors in February. This year I will also start some cardoon seeds at the same time. Cardoon, which is a lovely looking plant related ...

The cardoon or Cynara cardunculus is a close cousin to the globe artichoke or Cynara scolymus. Both are members of the huge Asteraceae (Compositae) family — sometimes called the daisy family — that ...

Cardoon is a big, leafy plant. Cardoon with one of my shovels for a size comparison. Cardoon blossoms are like thistles. Most years I start some onion seeds and perhaps a few artichokes indoors n ...

Found in the wild along the Mediterranean, from Morocco and Portugal to Libya and Croatia, a cardoon is a thistle that tastes like a bitter version of a giant artichoke with small, prickly flower ...

I like to eat these marinated cardoons on their own as a snack to quell hunger pangs while I’m making dinner or, if I’m making a cold cut sandwich, as the “pickles” on top that give your regular meat ...

There is a new foliage plant called Cardoon that is sweeping much of the country in popularity, and it’s being used extensively in commercial landscapes. We’ve been growing this perennial for a couple ...

To prepare the cardoon parmigiana, start by cooking the tomato sauce with meat. So clean and finely chop celery, carrot, and onion with a knife, and sauté all in a pot where you have poured some extra ...

When the vaguely warmer and wetter days of spring arrive, people start jonesing for the best spring produce: artichokes. But when I see an artichoke, I get triggered, remembering hours upon hours of ...

Pale, grey-green, with sharp, spiny leaves, the cardoon – also known as the "artichoke thistle" as it is, in fact, related to the artichoke – can grow to a height of 6ft and produces large purple-blue ...