Jerusalem Artichoke, Sunchoke, "Red Fuseau" variety | Helianthus tuberosus

🌿 Ships well rooted in a 3.5 x 5 inch deep pot. 

The Red Fuseau Jerusalem Artichoke is the most beautiful sunchoke you can grow — a productive perennial tuber crop that brings genuine visual drama to the harvest basket alongside everything you already love about the species. The tubers are smooth and elongated like the White Fuseau, but flushed with a deep rose-red to burgundy skin that makes them genuinely striking at market or on the kitchen counter. Flavor is rich and nutty, the skin thin enough to leave on for roasting, and the yield generous enough to fill a bushel basket from a modest planting. Above ground, tall stems carry the same cheerful late-summer sunflower blooms as any sunchoke — a reliable pollinator draw at exactly the moment when most garden flowers have called it quits for the season. Low-maintenance, perennial, and endlessly productive, Red Fuseau is as useful as it is beautiful.

Latin Name: Helianthus tuberosus 'Red Fuseau'
Site and Soil: Full sun preferred; tolerates part shade — adaptable to red clay, sandy loam, and everything in between; handles summer drought and periodic wet spells without complaint
Pollination Requirements: Self-fertile; a strong late-season draw for native bees and pollinators
Size at Maturity: 6–10' h x 2–3' w (best sited at the back of beds, along fencelines, or as a productive screen or windbreak)
Harvest Time: Fall through winter; flavor deepens and sweetens after first frost — tubers can be left in the ground and dug as needed through the cool season
Pests & Diseases: Virtually unbothered
USDA Zone: 3–9 (reliably perennial; tops die back after frost and return vigorously each spring)

A Note on Spread: Like all sunchokes, Red Fuseau will expand its footprint year over year as unharvested tubers sprout new plants. Harvest thoroughly each fall to keep the patch in check, or install a simple rhizome barrier at planting if you're working within a defined bed or smaller garden space.