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
Blooming Seasons |
- Autumn flowers
- Summer flowers
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Edible Parts |
- Edible Bud
- Edible leaves
- Edible Roots
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Culinary uses |
- Beverage
- Cooked
- Eaten raw
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Flower colors |
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Climate |
- Subtropics Climate
- Temperate Climate
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Harvest Season |
- Autumn Harvest
- Spring Harvest
- Summer Harvest
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Ornamental parts |
- Ornamental flower
- Ornamental leaves
- Ornamental plant
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Plant growing speed |
- Average growing plants
- Fast growing plants
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Plant life-form |
- Biennial plant
- Herbaceous
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Plant Uses |
- Edible plants
- Ornamental plants
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Planting Season |
- Autumn Planting
- Spring Planting
- Summer planting
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Plants sun exposure |
- Full sun Plants
- Part shade Plants
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Watering plants |
- Big amount of water
- Regularly water
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Hardiness zone |
- Hardiness zone 4
- Hardiness zone 5
- Hardiness zone 6
- Hardiness zone 7
- Hardiness zone 8
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