When I planned the Magic Garden, I chose plants with silver grey foliage and providers of pollen & nectar. One of my choices was ornamental globe artichokes. I had seen these in Kew & loved their statuesque presence. They are a bit too big really for where they are so I have thinned them out more than once but even in winter I love their appearance. From the dead heads it is only a short time to sprouting new foliage and then the classic buds which open out to a lawn of nectar for visiting bees

A cycle that repeats & is reliable in its beauty