Artichoke babys

Last year my sister in law gave me an artichoke. I didn't get it planted soon enough and it died.  I'm going to try it again, thought I see I should have gotten it in the fall.  My question is should I trim back some of the leaves?  I tried to get as much root as I could, but I'm not sure if it's enough to support the plant.  I would love your input, I'd like these to stay alive this time.  Thanks 😊

This guy is near Sacramento, and this is a good video showing how to divide babies.  He doesn't seem to worry too much about cutting the roots.  Here's the link starting right where he does the division if you want to get straight to the example.  https://youtu.be/jvPBI7CeF5U?t=428


Here's the whole video link.

Thanks so much that video was very helpful.  I had at least as much root as he did, so I hope they will grow.  Also cool Sacramento is close to me.  I did trim some leaves because they broke in transport.  Thanks.

As hard as I tried they all died.  I was bummed, but didn't give up.  I planted one artichoke in the fall of 2021. I got some advice from a fellow gardener backing up how I felt. I planted it in a place that gets sun all day, but afternoon shade. It made it through the winter and is large, full of artichoke and so very beautiful.  We didn't pick them soon enough to eat, but that's ok, the bloom is so spectacular, it's totally worth it.  Now we will see if I can keep it alive through the summer.  The true challenge.

It does sound like autumn (fall) is a better time for you to divide and plant Jen. For me it is spring, because things tend to rot in my wet winter, whereas in spring they (hopefully) just grow away. I usually trim the bigger leaves if they look oversized for the plant, like you would taking cuttings, to avoid desiccation.
These are some I took off the one in my polytunnel plant - rather late perhaps, but mine are nowhere near flowering yet so I think most will be OK.