Looking for a trouble-free crop that produces well, with little attention, even in poor soil? Jerusalem artichokes, also known as Sunchokes, are a great candidate!

A perennial in Zones 3-8, tubers planted any time produce flower stalks which grow 6-16 feet tall.

In June-July brilliant yellow blossoms form, attracting seed eating birds through summer.

Frost and cold temperatures do no harm to the tubers, and improves the nutty flavor as well as serving as the best method of storing your crop.

Tubers left in the ground until spring will sprout a new crop of flowers, and a new crop of delicious Sunchoke tubers.