Are my artichokes dead?

[idiotwind]

Last year I planted 6 globe artichoke plants from a mixture of seed grown and store brought plugs.
They did very well and in the autumn as the died back I cut them back to ground level and mulched them. There are no signs of life yet but other plots' plants are growing well. Am I being overly pessimistic?

[Thelma Sanders]

Funnily enough, I noticed today that my 2 plants haven't put in an appearance yet, I hope they are just being lazy!

But..... just in case, I've sown some Purple of Provence, so I shouldn't be without any even if the Green Globes have snuffed it

[fishpond]

It is still only March.
If you see no signs of life by the end of april, start to worry.

[idiotwind]

Thank you! Better sow some more as plan B!

[flynch]

Just wait and see, it's still early. Fingers crossed for you.

[bario1]

Are you sure the ones growing on other plots aren't actually cardoons?

[idiotwind]

They may be. It looks like some of them never completely died back over winter?