Chicory
Cichorium intybus
In Dutch: Wilde cichorei
PerennialsCollection: Native species
Properties
- Height
- 0.3 to 1.2 m
- Spread
- 0.5 to 1 m
- Full grown after
- 1 to 2 years
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil
- Free-draining, preferably chalky
- Water
- Little: a long taproot
- Maintenance
- Low: no pruning needed
- Flowers
- July and August, light blue
- For bees
- Yes: nectar and pollen, July to September
- Hay fever
- Not or weakly allergenic
- Leaves
- Drop in autumn
- Hardy
- Yes
- Native
- Yes
- Poisonous
- No, as far as known
- Pricks or stings
- No
- Price, young
- About €1.90 to €4.61 each, 5 to 10 cm, in a small pot
- Price, grown
- About €6.50 to €7.99 each, in a larger pot
Through the year
- Leaf
- April to October
- Flower
- July to August
- Fruit
- no noticeable fruit