On Sep 29, 9:21 am, sf wrote:
On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:24:02 +0100, Rusty Hinge



wrote:
Gill Smith wrote:
are 8 feet

and rising

with a plethora of spikey marble-sized globes on top

deep joy

The globes are flower buds, and you have Jerusalem artichokes, not globe
ones...

When the stems die off, you dig the artichokes up.

(Globe artichokes are like a big thistle, Jerusalem are in the sunflower
family)

Did you see a picture of it over in uk.rec.gardening?

Jerusalemhttp://hotdogjam.wordpress.com/2009/05/02/jerusalem-artichokes/

Globehttp://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/how-to-design-a-garden-3.jpg

The two plants are unrelated and very different in appearance. Hard
to believe one could mistake which he's growing. -aem