How to grow Arctium minus growing and care:
Moist soil, cold climate
What is the best way to start growing?
Plant / Seedling / Seed
Is it necessary to graft or use vegetative reproduction?
No
Difficulties or problems when growing:
Invasive
Planting season:
Spring / Summer / Autumn (in hotter climate)
Pests and diseases:
Aphids
Pruning season:
All season
How to prune:
Dead leaves
Size of the plant:
1-1.5m, 3-4.5 feet
Growth speed in optimal condition:
Fast growing / Medium growing
Water requirement:
Average amount of water / Big amount of water
Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Full Sun / Half Shade (in hotter climate)
Is it possible to grow indoor as houseplant?
No
Growing is also possible in a planter /flowerpot / containers:
Yes
Blooming information
Bloom season?
Summer / Autumn
General information about the flower:
Purple flowers that grow like hear on head with spines
Uses of flower:
Cooked, raw
Edible leaves
Leaves harvesting season:
Spring
How to harvest the leaves?
Just when the plant young harvest in the base
Information about leaves:
Green leaf in spear to deltoid shape
Uses of Arctium minus leaves:
Cooked
Edible Roots information
Information about root:
Brown peel and white inside in cone shape
Harvesting tuber root season:
Summer / Autumn
Uses of root:
Beverage, cooked
Scientific name:
Arctium minus
Alternative name: Lesser burdock, Little burdock, Louse-bur, Common burdock, Button-bur, Cuckoo-button, Wild rhubarb
Categories of growing
Planting Season: Autumn Planting, Spring Planting, Summer planting
Light exposure requirements: Full sun Plants, Part shade Plants
Climates that the plant can grow: Subtropics Climate, Temperate Climate
Growing speed of the plant: Average growing plants, Fast growing plants
Plant life-form: Biennial plant, Herbaceous
Plant Uses: Edible plants, Ornamental plants
Requirements for watering the plant: Big amount of water, Regularly water
Hardiness zones: Hardiness zone 4, Hardiness zone 5, Hardiness zone 6, Hardiness zone 7, Hardiness zone 8
Ornamental parts: Ornamental flower, Ornamental leaves, Ornamental plant
Leaf color:
Blooming season: Autumn flowers, Summer flowers
Flower colors: Purple flower
Harvest Season: Autumn Harvest, Spring Harvest, Summer Harvest
Edible Parts: Edible Bud, Edible leaves, Edible Roots
Culinary uses: Beverage, Cooked, Eaten raw