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Cardoon characters: Inject a bit of personality into your garden with bristly lavender-coloured cardoons and you can even eat them! | Daily Mail Online
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Cardoon (Cynara cardunculus) in Issaquah Seattle Bellevue Redmond Renton Sammamish Washington WA at Squak Mountain Nursery
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Grow it, show it, eat it: gorgeous in bloom, cardoons are like artichoke without the hard work | Australian lifestyle | The Guardian
![Swoon over cardoons! Huge and hardy, with their glorious lavender flowers and spectacular seed heads, cardoons are the star turn in any garden says Monty Don | Daily Mail Online Swoon over cardoons! Huge and hardy, with their glorious lavender flowers and spectacular seed heads, cardoons are the star turn in any garden says Monty Don | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/08/21/15/2B83DA1800000578-0-image-m-22_1440168662681.jpg)