Wild Chicory
Formats
Culinary and medicinal plant. Ideal in pots, gardens and patios. In gastronomy its root is a substitute to coffee. It is an ingredient in salads and beef stew. It is healthy in juices, cataplasms and if eaten fresh because this plant is purgative, sedative. It is used in detoxification and cicatrization.
This chicory is very attractive to birds!
This evergreen plant can reach 1.20 m. The leaves are lobed, serrated and green. Its blue-lilac flowers follow the sun the same way as sunflowers do. The fruit is brown.
Prefers rich and dry soils.
Sowing in spring and autumn.
Use
Balcony & Courtyard, Culinary, Spices, Gardening, Wild garden, Baskets & Containers, Medicinal, Restoration
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Description
Clear bright blue flowers in summer and early autumn. Culinary, medicinal plant.
Flowering
| Flower colour | Blue |
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| Flowering period | July, August, September, Summer |
Foliage
| Foliage persistence | Evergreen |
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Botanical information
| Common name | CICHORIUM INTYBUS - Wild Chicory |
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| Wildlife | Birds |
When to plant?
| Sowing period | January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, Spring, Autumn, All year |
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| Average germination (%) | 70 |
| Seeds per gram | 1.100 |
Where to plant?
| Type of use | Balcony & Courtyard, Culinary, Spices, Gardening, Wild garden, Baskets & Containers, Medicinal, Restoration |
|---|---|
| Soil pH | Neutral |
| Soil type | Sand |
| Hardiness | Drought resistant, Hardy |
| Climate zone | Mediterranean, Temperate areas |
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