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Vegetables · Perennial

Artichoke

Asteraceae

Plant spacing: 100 cm
USDA zones: 6a–11a
Frost-sensitive: no
Growth duration: 24 weeks

Which beds suit?

Sun (prefers): full sunAlso okay:partial shade
Soil (prefers): clayAlso okay:loamyraised-bed mix
Drainage (prefers): normal

Seed & start

Perennial

Plant once, returns every year.

Stachi's tip

Artichoke is more ornamental than productive in temperate climates. Needs 1 m² per plant, frost-sensitive (winter cover with fleece + leaves). In mild years 6-10 edible heads per plant.

Who is Stachi? →

The plant's year: sowing, transplanting, harvest

Sowing

Transplanting

Harvest

Good neighbours

Asparagus

Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.

Avoid these neighbours

No known conflicts.

Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.

Good pre-cultures

Stachi has no specific pre-cultures recorded.

Sources

LLM-Baseline+gpt-5-review
LLM-Baseline-Intercrop
LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg
LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer
LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage
LWG Bayern – Artischocke (Cynara scolymus) (https://www.lwg.bayern.de/gartenakademie/gartendokumente/infoschriften/063845/)
Bingenheimer Saatgut – Artischocke im eigenen Garten anbauen (https://blog.bingenheimersaatgut.de/artischocke)
Sativa Rheinau – Artischocke (Kulturblatt) (https://www.sativa-rheinau.ch/hausgarten/tipps/kulturblaetter/artischocke.html)

Where these figures come from

Timing: Horticulturally established — consistent across the cited standard works.
Spacing: Horticulturally established — consistent across the cited standard works.
Companion planting: Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
Crop rotation: Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
Yield: Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.

Sources: LLM-Baseline+gpt-5-review · LLM-Baseline-Intercrop · LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg · LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer · LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage · LWG Bayern – Artischocke (Cynara scolymus) (https://www.lwg.bayern.de/gartenakademie/gartendokumente/infoschriften/063845/) · Bingenheimer Saatgut – Artischocke im eigenen Garten anbauen (https://blog.bingenheimersaatgut.de/artischocke) · Sativa Rheinau – Artischocke (Kulturblatt) (https://www.sativa-rheinau.ch/hausgarten/tipps/kulturblaetter/artischocke.html)