The cardoon, a forgotten vegetable and how beautiful this plant is when it blooms.
The plant is related to the artichoke and comes from the Mediterranean.
The deep blue purple flower is usually full of bees and bumblebees, they love it.
In southern Europe the plant is still eaten a lot, the stems of this plant are eaten.
I've made some pictures of the Cardoon so you can make a combination of these beautifully colored forgotten vegetables.
Created by Jolanda de Jong-Jansen with support from AI.
Besides my work as a nurse, photography is a hobby with which I can enjoy myself for hours.
So in my allotment garden and in nature I am often photographing between all those cheerful colours, plants, flowers, all kinds of small insects and there are beautiful butterflies.
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