Cardoon Gobbo di Nizza Seeds – Heritage Italian Variety – Large Tender Stalks, Mild Artichoke Flavour

• Traditional Italian Heritage Cardoon: Gobbo di Nizza is an esteemed Italian variety producing large, full, pale stalks with a mild artichoke-like flavour. Perfect for grilling, roasting, soups and gourmet dishes.
• Vigorous, Mid-Early Growing Plant: Forms tall, strong plants with thick, greeny-grey ribbed stalks that become tender and flavourful once blanched.
• Mild, Tender & Culinary Versatile: The slightly serrated leaves and fleshy stems can be steamed, fried, baked, or cut into stews—ideal for Italian cooking enthusiasts.
• Thrives in UK Gardens & Allotments: Sow cardoon seeds from March to June—indoors from March to May or directly outdoors from April. Plant seeds 1 cm deep in warm soil at around 10°C. Transplant from April to July, spacing plants 20 cm apart. Cardoon plants grow vigorously and produce long, fleshy stems ready for harvest from August to November. SEEDS: 125 Approx.
• Seed Quality: Produced by a historic Italian seed house with over 240 years of excellence. Seeds are packed in protective, recyclable packets to preserve freshness and germination quality – bringing authentic Italian growing to your garden.

Gobbo di Nizza Cardoon is a prized Italian heritage variety known for its tall, architectural plants and thick, tender stalks with a gentle artichoke-like flavour. An impressive vegetable in both the garden and the kitchen, its ribbed, greeny-grey stems soften beautifully when cooked, making it ideal for roasting, grilling, frying, or adding to hearty seasonal dishes. This mid-early cardoon grows vigorously in UK conditions, producing large, sculptural plants that reward gardeners with a generous harvest from late summer through autumn.