On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 16:01:11 GMT, Rusty Hinge 2 wrote:
and a Jerusalem artichoke has
appeared and taken up residence nearby. I think that will disappear, as
I've enough of those in the back, and this year some of them grew over
ten feet. (And had silly little sunflowers on top, which I have never
seen before.)

Here in N.Somerset all three of my varieties of j.a flower each year
(for the past 25y at least !)
Some say that an alternative name, "girasol" (Italian or Portuguese
derivation ?) got corrupted to give us the "jerusalem" bit of the
name. Others say that this is not true.

I guess the true story is blowing in the wind