When to plant globe artichoke in Googong
- Plant seedlings: mid Nov to early JanGoogong area, temperate oceanic
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Googong. Microclimates vary: frost hollows and hills run later.
A big, silver-leaved perennial that crops for about four years and suits Adelaide's Mediterranean climate well. Plant suckers or named plants in late autumn to winter, and pick the buds in spring. Its spiny wild relative is a declared weed in SA, so cut buds before they flower and go to seed.