We are not used to seeing it like this, because it arrives on our tables much earlier, yet the artichoke has a beautiful lavender flower
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himWe are certainly not used to seeing it like this, because it arrives on our tables much earlier, yet the artichoke has a beautiful lavender flower. It is known as Cynara and is a very sensitive flower to the cold for this reason it grows in regions with a mild climate, such as those of the Mediterranean.
We eat the leaves of the artichoke, so where is the flower? It is found in the so-called heart, the soft part inside it, in short, if it has not yet blossomed we end up eating it, on the contrary if the artichoke is harvested too late, it begins to grow in the form of filaments (hairs) with a texture that is not pleasant to the taste. .
Therefore, technically, if it is left on the plant, the bracts develop the internal inflorescence of a bright color tending to blue. Flowers that once pollinated give life to achenes, very similar to the puffballs of the dandelion.
Look at this picture:
The uncultivated flower usually blooms in late July and gives joy to the garden for about ten days with its color, then begins to dry out.
But the plant, on the contrary, is perennial, only carducci, or sprouts, are used for reproduction, in this video it is well explained how to grow artichokes:
Artichokes are the protagonists of winter in the kitchen, in fact we find them from the end of November to the beginning of spring. The plant can grow up to one meter and fifty and today it is popular all over the world mainly because its properties never seem to end. They are a source of iron, mineral salts, beta-carotene, fiber, contain vitamins of group B, C and still have antioxidant, hepatoprotective, aphrodisiac and anti-cellulite properties.
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