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Jerusalem Artichoke

Flower
Family Asteraceae
Name Helianthus tuberosus
Common Name Jerusalem artichoke
Featured Plant July 2006
  See also:  Bulbs, Corms & Tubers, Composite Flowers, Food plants, Culture / Germination

Jerusalem artichoke is a perennial sunflower. In the Winter, it survives as underground rhizomes, the "artichoke". In the Spring, the knobbly rhizomes sprout one or more stems. These can grow to 2 metres by the Autumn and will then proceed to flower. It is worth growing just for the flowers themselves.


Flower
Group
Group
Tubers
Smooth tubers.

Tubers
Knobbly tuber.
Culture:
Full SunPlenty of water during the growing seasonHardyDeciduous perennial
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