Funny I was just typing and lost the thread...
I was saying..
Bill, the one youhave is scorzona not salsify, it is called black salsify as it looks the same othjer than the colour of the roots, scorzona are black, salsify is white.
They are similar but also quite different.
Salsify is not perennial but your one is.
You can also eat the leaves through the winter and in the spring you can eat the flowers.
Usually one would plant them much earlier, I do mine whern I do my parsnips in the early spring but is is OK as the beauty of them is that of the roots are not big enough after one seasons growth just leave them in till the next year.
They are fiddly to prepare but are hardy plants and taste good.
XX Jeannine
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