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vegetable
Bees
Bumblebees
ButterfliesOld-fashioned root vegetable with an oyster-like flavour (also called "oyster plant"). Harvest in autumn after first frost, or leave in ground and use as needed. Young spring leaves also edible.
🐛 Prone to: Aphids.
Attract Hoverflies, Lacewings, Ladybirds, Parasitic wasps to keep them in check — plant African Marigold, Angelica and Anise nearby.
Deep, loose, stone-free soil — like carrots, roots fork in compacted ground
Cynara cardunculus
vegetableA fellow Asteraceae — similar growing habits to Salsify
