Germination can be accelerated indoors, at about 25 ºC, although it will germinate at much lower temperatures
‘Carxofeta de l’Espà’ is Catalan for ‘Small artychoke from the village of l’Espà’. Probably because the small size of the butterhead ressembles the form of an artychoke. L’Espà is a village in northern Catalonia, where this variety is grown.