Cynara cardunculus Aroids sounds like one of fancy

sounds like one of fancy royal folks with four names and a hyphen

Each flower is a sweetly fragrant

which means "gathering clouds brocade

Selecting cultivars that bloom at various times one can have daylilies in bloom for 5 to 6 months of the year

Cynara cardunculus Aroids sounds like one of fancyThe famed cardoon, aka Cynara cardunculus, makes a dramatic winter evergreen statement in the sunny perennial border with its 3 4' long, arching, ghost like, jagged, soft grey foliage. Once the 4' wide drought loving clumps are established, they are topped with 6' tall stalks of blue violet, thistle like flowers in late summer. After flowering, cardoons die to the ground for a month long rest before re sprouting. For a striking, bold textured accent