Chicory

Cichorium intybus 'Palla Rossa Special'

Chicory/Radicchio 'Palla Rossa Special'

'Palla Rossa' literally means 'red ball' and that's exactly what this type of radicchio looks like. Tight, heads look almost like red cabbage when sliced open. This is an early maturing type.

Different varieties are suited to different...

Cichorium intybus 'Scarole Blond Full Heart'

Chicory 'Scarole Blond Full Heart'

Also known as Escarole, the broad wavy leaves are a attractive green to yellow with lighter centres. Use in salads and as a cooked vegetable.

Cichorium intybus 'Variegata Di Castelfranco'

Chicory/Cicoria O Radicchio/Chicoree 'Variegata Di Castelfranco'

A creamy green, blotched red leaf chicory forming a most decorative loose heart. Colour is more pronounced as cooler winter weather approaches. Late maturing with excellent winter hardness. Boil leaves to remove bitterness, fresh leaves add zest...

Cichorium intybus 'Variegata Di Castelfranco'

Chicory/Cicoria O Radicchio/Chicoree 'Variegata Di Castelfranco'

This type has round, looser heads that are lightly variegated in winter, otherwise similar to 'Variegata di Chioggia', and originates from the same region of Italy. These beautiful radicchios are very decorative, and are displayed in the...

Cichorium intybus 'Variegata Di Chioggia'

Chicory/Cicoria O Radicchio/Chicoree 'Variegata Di Chioggia'

The red chicories are often called radicchio, and their red and white marbling makes them gourmet salad favourites. Sweet and crunchy, this variety shares the name 'Chioggia' with the pretty red and white striped beetroot, and they both...

Cichorium intybus 'Variegata Di Chioggia'

Chicory/Cicoria O Radicchio/Chicoree 'Variegata Di Chioggia'

Round headed, greenish leaves turning a reddish and white variegated as colder weather beckons and the heart formation becomes more noticeable. Good winter hardness. Boil leaves to remove bitterness, fresh leaves add zest to a mixed salad.

Cichorium intybus 'Aires'

Chicory 'Aires'

Cichorium intybus 'Asparagus/Catalogna'

Chicory 'Asparagus/Catalogna'

SORRY, THIS PRODUCT IS NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM ANY SUPPLIER. Spring dandelion-like greens are an ethnic favorite. Large plants produce rosettes of many long, slender, deep green leaves with tangy flavor. A spring 'tonic' in salads, or for...

Cichorium intybus 'Bianca Di Milano'

Different varieties are suited to different seeding and transplanting dates, so it’s critical to plant the right variety at the right time. To choose specific planting dates, some growers consult the Farmer’s Almanac and plant after a...

Cichorium intybus 'Biondissima Di Trieste'

Chicory 'Biondissima Di Trieste'

Cichorium intybus 'Brussels Witloof'

Chicory 'Brussels Witloof'

Cichorium intybus 'Frisee Glory'

Chicory 'Frisee Glory'

SORRY, THIS PRODUCT IS NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM ANY SUPPLIER. High quality, very finely divided leaves can form a dense heart or be picked as baby leaves.

Cichorium intybus 'Grumolo Verde'

Chicory 'Grumolo Verde'

A multi-purpose cutting type. Sow from June to October and early blade shaped leaves can be used in summer salads. Stop cutting by late summer and delightful round-leaved rosette shaped plants develop over winter for spring cutting

Cichorium intybus 'Grumolo Verde'

Chicory/Cicoria 'Grumolo Verde'

Forms an attractive rosette of green leaves and a small heart if grown to maturity, but often sown as a ‘cut and come again’ salad leaf.

Cichorium intybus 'Magdeburg'

Chicory 'Magdeburg'

Cichorium intybus 'Palla Di Fuoco'

Chicory 'Palla Di Fuoco'

Cichorium intybus 'Pan Di Zucchero O Bottiglione'

Chicory/Cicoria O Radicchio/Chicoree 'Pan Di Zucchero O Bottiglione'

SORRY, THIS PRODUCT IS NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM ANY SUPPLIER. Again, this beautiful and delicious variety has a variety of names: 'Pan di Zucchero', 'Sugarloaf', 'Pain de Sucre', or in English, 'Sugarloaf'. Very pale green and tall, the...

Cichorium intybus 'Rossa Di Verona'

Chicory/Cicoria O Radicchio/Chicoree 'Rossa Di Verona'

Rossa di Verona is often called 'Verona Red' and these two very similar varieties of radicchio are almost always sold as the same thing. Here, Rossa di Verona has a bit more red colour to the leaves than the other type. The hearts are large...

Cichorium intybus 'Sugar Loaf'

Chicory 'Sugar Loaf'

Looks like a well-grown cos-type lettuce, with a firm heart which will stand over a long period.

Best results are obtained from a June-July sowing in rows about 38cm (15inches) apart for use from October onwards.

Cichorium intybus 'Verona Red'

Chicory 'Verona Red'

This attractive chicory is reddish-green colored. It is a forcing type which build up heavy carrot-like roots that can be dug in the fall and stored horizontally between layers or sand or fine soil in a dark warm place for about three weeks....