Jerusalem Artichoke, Sunroot

Jerusalem Artichoke is a vigorous Ontario-native edible grown for its crisp, sweet, nutty-flavoured tubers, harvested in fall and eaten raw or cooked, while its towering stems topped with bright yellow sunflower-like blooms in fall make it unexpectedly ornamental for a root crop, attracting pollinators late in the season.

• Crisp, nutty-flavoured tubers can be eaten raw, roasted, or cooked, a versatile and nutritious edible root crop
• Bright yellow sunflower-like flowers in fall are among the latest-season pollinator plants in the garden
• Ontario native species; naturalizes readily and can spread aggressively, best managed in a defined bed
• Tall upright stems provide late-season vertical structure and movement in edible and naturalized plantings