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Skorospelka Purple Jerusalem Artichoke Tubers
Skorospelka Purple Jerusalem Artichoke Tubers
Skorospelka Purple Jerusalem Artichoke is an early maturing variety with purple skinned tubers. The knobby tubers have a slightly sweet nutty flavour from their inulin content and can be eaten raw, roasted, or cooked like potatoes.
The cold tolerant plants spread vigorously through underground tubers and can form dense colonies.
Cold Hardiness Zone: 3
Seed Source: Manitoba
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Growing details
- Hardiness
- Zone 3We grow them at the nursery without trouble
- Tubers
- Purple skinned tubersKnobby. An early maturing variety
- Flavour and use
- Slightly sweet and nuttyEaten raw, roasted, or cooked like potatoes
- Habit
- Spreads vigorously by its tubersIt can form a dense colony, so choose its place with care
- Source
- Manitoba
More about this plant
An early variety
Skorospelka Purple is an early maturing Jerusalem artichoke. The sweetness of the tubers comes from inulin.
Cold hardinessZone 3 · Canadian maps for this plant
Zone 3 and warmer
The map shows minimum winter hardiness. Soil, moisture and summer warmth also affect how a plant grows.
About these maps
Climate: Natural Resources Canada, 1991–2020. Provincial distribution: VASCAN via retained botanical research. Province outlines: Natural Earth, public domain.
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