"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message
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Can globe artichokes survive the winter outside? We have a few on an
allotment that we took over this summer but nobody down there has grown
them
before.At present they are about 2 feet high and went in as seeds in
about
July.

Yes - very hardy.
The problem is getting rid of them they they take quite some digging out I
have just got rid of mine and they make a good root system . We alsways
used to cut them down ofter flowering and the soon spring back up with fresh
growth.