Porto Spineless cardoon
Cynara cardunculus 'Porto Spineless'
USDA zones6 to 10
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Sizeup to 4 feet tall
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Purple, white, green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Porto Spineless' cardoon (Cynara cardunculus 'Porto Spineless') is an annual for borders, specimen planting, and food gardens. Give it full sun and dry to moist soil of most types. It grows fast in a clump and reaches about 48 inches tall. Deer and rabbits tend to browse other plants first. The leaf stalks taste like artichoke, so you can grow it for the kitchen. Bees and butterflies visit the purple blooms.
Pairs well with Indian grass, Zinnia, and Jerusalem artichoke.