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Chicory

There are three types of chicory:

  • Forcing types like ‘Witloof’ grown for their plump leafy heads or ‘chicons’ when blanched
  • Red chicory or radicchio which responds to change in day length by turning red
  • Finally non-forcing or sugar loaf types that produce large hearted lettuce-like heads for autumn harvest. 
Chicory 'Variegata Di Castelfranco' - 500 Seeds

Chicory 'Variegata Di Castelfranco' - 500 Seeds

Widely grown in Italy and becoming increasingly popular over here, the red chicories are a group of hardy plants usually green in summer but turning an appetising range of bright...
Chicory 'Brussels Witloof' - 500 Seeds

Chicory 'Brussels Witloof' - 500 Seeds

This popular variety is used for winter forcing. It produces thick stemmed leaves for use in salads when they are blanched Brussels Witloof is a reliable strain for producing good...
Chicory 'Pain De Sucre' - 500 Seeds

Chicory 'Pain De Sucre' - 500 Seeds

A sugarloaf, leafy variety very suitable as a winter alternative to lettuce Can produce very large heads, with tender green exteriors and golden yellow hearts that have a real sweetness...
Chicory Radicchio 'Palla Rossa' - 500 Seeds

Chicory Radicchio 'Palla Rossa' - 500 Seeds

An Italian favourite forming dense round heads over a longer harvest window Red coloured autumn variety, uniform with firm heads and large leaves Harvest in 75-80 days It is fairly...
Chicory Radicchio 'Rossa Di Verona' - 500 Seeds

Chicory Radicchio 'Rossa Di Verona' - 500 Seeds

A lovely heirloom radicchio, Rossa di Verona has deep red, heart shaped leaves wrapped tightly around one another to form a solid, round head Later and hardier than Treviso, it...
Chicory Radicchio 'Rossa Di Treviso' - 500 Seeds

Chicory Radicchio 'Rossa Di Treviso' - 500 Seeds

Cichorium intybus ‘Rossa di Treviso’ is a tall-growing ‘non-forcing’ chicory which grows a lot like lettuce It bears heads of maroon and white leaves with thick, pure-white stems Highly prized,...