Artichoke Blossoms

One of the great joys of being a novice gardening is putting two and two together and figuring out which food goes with which plant.  When I first saw a neighbor’s artichoke plants, I was dumbfounded trying to figure out where the chokes would appear.  This spring, I enjoyed seeing them put up their stalks.  Little did I know at the time is that artichokes are thistles and,if left uncut, have these lovely blossoms.  Unfortunately for me, the plants seem to spread their silvery arms wide enough that they would take up most of my 10X10. Someday.   Meanwhile, these gorgeous blossoms are bee heaven.   The bees are literally wading through the purple fronds.