Chicory 'Festive' F1 200 Seeds
- Product number: 071100
- Origin: Europe
- Latin: Cichorium intybus
Forcing heads without a covering layer, e.g. under black film. Grows into a very firm head with decorative red leaf tips.
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" once: chicory flowers are usually beautifully blue and smell of vanilla!
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Latin: Cichorium intybus
Dutch: Witlof
Also known as: Cichorei
English: Witloof Chicory
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- Flower colour: Blue
- Origin: Europe
- Average growth height: 30 to 60 cm
- Annual or perennial: Biennial
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- Winter hardy: Moderately frost hardy
- Ease of cultivation: Moderate
- Latin: Cichorium intybus
- Dutch: Chicory
- Also known as: Chicory
- English: Witloof Chicory
