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Asteraceae
Belgium endive
Cichorium intybus
Also known as French endive, Witloof chicory, Belgian endive, Cichorium intybus var. balearicum
Edibles & Herbs · Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Edible · Chicory · Endive · Salad · Blue Flowers · Pollinator · Perennial · Herb · Vegetable · Asteraceae
Belgium endive (chicory) is an easy-to-grow edible perennial that prefers full sun and moderately fertile, well-drained soil. Water regularly to keep soil moist and harvest young leaves for salads or allow the plant to bolt for its attractive blue flowers. It is a dual-purpose plant valued both as a culinary herb and a pollinator attractor.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged; water deeply once or twice a week · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- White, Blue, Purple
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Borneo
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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