cardoon pic

Hi guys iv been seing a plant around the village where i live its a great big silvery looking plant.Anyway i was talking to a friend at work whoe;s a verry keen gardener and he thinks its a cardoon.Does anybody have any good pics of these please .Also how big do thay gow?Many thanks ..daz

 

Hi Daz, try this

http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/Cardoon-Plant.jpg

 

OOHH thats the one thanks dizi.Do you know how big thay get?I love big leaf plants..by the way nice to meet you..daz

 

Here's mine. It's nearly 5 ft now and will probably be 8ft when it flowers.

 

Thanks black thats a cracker.There sort of tropicl looking i think.MMM im gunner get me one of them cheers guys...daz

 

Try this for some extra info:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/248.shtml

 

Mines twelve months old from seed, and just starting to bud up.

 

wow thats a goodun pete.Yea gotta get one of them mate i love big leaves lol.Currently got basjoo ensetta and a gunnera{thanks to banana man}My first year gadening so hopping to endup with a jungle sort of theme.Having said that we me and debs decided to put a 10ft trampoline in garden for the little girls birthday mmmmmmmmm...daz

 

Ah well, sometimes you have to make compromises.

 

Lol yea i guess you do mate

 

They are beautiful, Blackthorn and pete. The are really magnificent.

I don't know anything about them so silly question I guess ... are they as prickly, spikey, thorny as they look?

 

Pete - that amazing. I hope you don't have to pot that up and bring inside over winter! :D

 

They are not prickerly at all LOL, although they look dangerous, can have a nasty habit of falling over when they get big which makes them then look really untidy.
No, Peter its totally hardy.

 

wow! i want one

 

Artichokes plants look as beautiful...and can be veeery big !