Jerusalem Artichoke, Sunchoke, "White Fuseau" variety | Helianthus tuberosus (Copy)

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

The White Fuseau Jerusalem Artichoke is a standout cultivar of one of the most productive and forgiving perennial vegetables you can grow in the Southern food forest — a knobby-free, smooth-skinned tuber that produces abundantly with almost no effort and returns bigger and better every year. Unlike the gnarly wild types, White Fuseau forms long, elegant, pale-skinned tubers that peel and cook with ease, making it genuinely useful in the kitchen rather than a novelty crop. The tall, cheerful sunflower-like blooms arrive in late summer and hum with pollinators for weeks before frost. Give it a sunny spot at the back of a border or food forest edge where its height won't shade smaller plants, and it will reward you with an almost embarrassing harvest — reliably, every fall, without a single input.

Latin Name: Helianthus tuberosus 'White Fuseau'
Site and Soil: Full sun to part shade; adaptable to various soils
Pollination Requirements: Self-fertile; highly attractive to native bees and pollinators in late summer bloom
Size at Maturity: 6–10' h x 2–3' w (plant at the back of beds or along fence lines)
Harvest Time: Fall through winter; tubers sweeten after first frost and can be left in the ground and harvested as needed through the cool season
Pests & Diseases: Virtually unbothered
USDA Zone: 3–9