Chicorium intybus Same genus, but a species apart from endive, the chicories are more colorful and cold hardy, slower growing, thicker leafed, and less curly than most endives. Can be used as a cutting green, but beautiful pigments, crunchy texture, and complex flavors don’t fully manifest until maturity. Best flavor is always in cold weather. Seeded out plants are favored bird feeders. Chicory/radicchio seems to finally be making inroads on the American salad plate thanks to some very hardheaded promoters, farmers and chefs who just won't stop offering it to customers. Seeds Per Packet: 500 Seeds Per Ounce: 14,000
