50 PURPLE ROMAGNA ARTICHOKE Italian Cynara Scolymus Flower Vegetable Seeds

Description:
Name: Purple Romagna Artichoke
Other common names: Purple of Romagna
Scientific name: Cynara Scolymus
Color: Purple fruit and purple flowers
Plant seeds: Outdoors after frost or indoors weeks before last frost or in fall
Bloom time: Fall
Harvest: 180 days
Hardiness zone: 7 – 11, and zones 5 – 6 with protection
Plant height: 48 – 72 inches
Plant spacing: 3 – 5 feet
Light requirements: Sun
Soil and water preferences: Average
Quantity: 50 seeds
Other: Purple Romagna is an Italian heirloom artichoke. The purple 5 – 6 inch tender fruit is very showy, and they have magnificent blooms that all the other flowers are jealous of! The plants are winter hardy down to zone 5, but in cooler areas they can be overwintered indoors or grown as an annual.