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Compare crops in this group using your USDA-zone suitability, planting windows, growing method, sun needs, and expected harvest timing.
14 crops · USDA Zone Not selected
Cynara cardunculus Scolymus Group
Immature flower-bud vegetable grown as a perennial in mild climates or annualized in colder regions.
Asparagus officinalis
Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) is a highly prized, long-lived perennial vegetable. Cultivated for its tender, edible spring shoots known as spears, it is enjoyed globally for its delicate flavor and exceptional nutritional profile.
Cynara cardunculus Cardoon Group
Artichoke relative cultivated for blanched leaf stalks and midribs rather than flower buds.
Apium graveolens Rapaceum Group
Celery relative grown for its enlarged knobby hypocotyl and root base.
Apium graveolens var. dulce
Moisture-loving cool-season crop grown for crisp edible stalks.
Cichorium intybus Witloof Group
Witloof chicory grown first for roots, then forced in darkness to produce pale chicons.
Cichorium endivia var. crispum
Frilly narrow-leaved chicory grown for cool-season salad heads and baby leaf.
Cichorium endivia var. latifolium
Broad-leaved milder endive forming dense heads with pale self-blanched centers.
Foeniculum vulgare Azoricum Group
Bulb fennel grown for a swollen crisp leaf base with anise flavor.
Helianthus tuberosus
Tall perennial sunflower relative grown for edible underground tubers and capable of vigorous spread.
Abelmoschus esculentus
Heat-loving Southern vegetable grown for tender pods.
Arachis hypogaea
Warm-season legume grown for underground pods.
Cichorium intybus cultivated radicchio groups
Italian chicory grown in heading, elongated, speckled, and puntarelle classes with variety-specific seasonal slots.
Rheum × hybridum
Long-lived perennial grown for tart edible petioles; leaves are not edible.