General Description

• An immature flower head comprising of a bud with numerous overlapping bracts or scales
• The edible part consists of the fleshy tender base of the young flowers and bracts, plus the receptacle bearing the flowers
• The plant attains a height of 0.9-1.2m and width of up to 1.8m
• A number of shoots grow from the crown, each shoot at first developing a basal rosette of leaves from which the stem emerges, the edible buds are produced on this elongated stem
• The top dies down each season, but is renewed by offshoots from the parent crown, each new offshoot forming a rosette and flower stem
• The bud is a deep green colour
• The bud varies in size with a round, slightly elongated shape

Season: Summer,Winter,Spring

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Availablity: June,July,August,September,October,November,December

Growing Areas: 

NSW – Camden, Dareton, Windsor
VIC – Werribee SA Adelaide Plains
WA – Perth Metropolitan Outer Areas