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These short-day plants form round, large to medium-sized, dark red heads. Sow from mid-June for good head formation. The heads are fairly loose and therefore not as "bad-weather-sensitive." The bright white veins provide a beautiful contrast.
The chicory family includes endive, frizzy endive, and various types of chicory. Characteristic is the more or less present "bitterness," formerly reviled and now highly appreciated. Let a plant "bolt" sometime: chicory flowers are usually beautifully blue in color and smell of vanilla!
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Latin: Cichorium intybus
Dutch: Roodlof
Also: Radicchio Rosso
English: Red-leafed Chicory, Radicchio
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