Cynara cardunculus ~ Cardoon size-16-ft (2) User:BotBln

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Freedom Hydrangea is a compact double-flowered deciduous shrub rebloomer able to bloom on both old and new wood

Lisa's Gold Native Azalea is a large open deciduous shrub with medium green foliage that turns yellow in fall

Its serrated dark green leaves with red veins grow on red-purple stems and turn red-purple in fall

Cynara cardunculus ~ Cardoon size-16-ft (2) User:BotBlnCardoon is a tender columnar perennial treated as an annual with attractive but prickly deep lobed grey green foliage. Sturdy edible stalks sport large flowerheads that are also edible if unopened and bloom to thistle like purple flowers. Best if grown in rich, consistently moist well drained loamy soils. To harvest the stalks, wrap the inedible leaves around the stalks and blanched when stems reach 3', and the cut to the ground 4 6 weeks later. Type: