PlantsVegetables & Roots
Jerusalem Artichoke / Sunchoke
Helianthus tuberosus
Chicago-region native. Suited to zone 6a.
High-yield native tuber crop
EasyVegetables & RootsAlso FlowersAlso Large-Space OnlyEdible
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Medium
- Mature size
- 6–10 ft
- Spacing
- 3–5 ft
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers Sep–Oct; tubers after frost
- How it spreads
- Extremely aggressive tubers
- What to buy
- Tubers
- When to plant
- Apr–May after soil is workable
In the design
Use only in a contained bed or large dedicated patch.
If you eat it
Cooked tubers
May cause digestive gas; harvest every tuber possible
Only eat what you planted and can name. This is not a foraging or medical guide.
