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Growing Cardoons
Outdoor girl
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I have had a lovely cardoon in the garden this year and wondered how to grow another for next year. There are some long silky threads in the dead flower heads - are these the seeds? There are also some new leaves growing at the base. Does this mean that it is regenerating itself? I would be most grateful for any info on this plant as it was great for bees this year. Thanks.
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rummage around among the seedy threads and you might well find some seeds.
They look like little courgette/ melon seeds and they germinate well.
they don't always set seed I'd have to say, but you might well find a few underneath all the "silky threads"
Very few of the fluffy seed heads ever seem to contain any seeds, on my Cardoons.
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Oh thank you all for these comments. Punk - I am glad you said that about seeds as I could not see where they are! I will have to dig deeper to find them.