Cynara cardunculus North America It's right at home in

It's right at home in moist soils

Jenks Farmer

Double-flowered Bloodroot foliage is of an interesting form

unlike those of other hybrids

Cynara cardunculus North America It's right at home inThe famed cardoon, aka Cynara cardunculus, makes a dramatic winter evergreen statement in the sunny perennial border with its 3 4' long, arching, ghost like, jagged, soft grey foliage. Once the 4' wide drought loving clumps are established, they are topped with 6' tall stalks of blue violet, thistle like flowers in late summer. After flowering, cardoons die to the ground for a month long rest before re sprouting. For a striking, bold textured accent