Cichorium intybus (Cichorium intybus) - growing info & companion plants

Growth conditions

USDA Hardiness zone

3-7 Learn more

Light requirement

Full sun

Water requirement

Moist

Soil type

Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)

Soil pH

5.5-7.0

Drought resistant

True

Physical characteristics

Leaves

Deciduous

Height

1.5m

Root type

Tap

Root depth

Cultivation details

Life cycle

Perennial

Layer

Herbs

Growth

Fast

Spacing

30cm

Propagation method

Seed - direct sow, Seed - transplant, Division

Germination time

7-21 days

Germination temperature

5-30°C

Days to maturity

40 (leaves), 120 (roots)

When to plant (division)

late fall, early spring

Uses

Utility

Biomass, Compost, Dynamic accumulator

Edible

true

Edible parts

Flowers, Leaves, Root

Edible uses

Coffee

Warning

Weed potential

Names

Alternate name

Radicchio, Succory, Witloof, Blue daisy, Blue dandelion, Blue sailors, Blue weed, Bunk, Coffeeweed, Cornflower, Hendibeh, Horseweed, Ragged sailors, Succory, Wild bachelor's buttons, Wild endive (note: "cornflower" is commonly applied to centaurea cyanus) common names for varieties of var foliosum include endive, Radicchio, Belgian endive, French endive, Red endive, Sugarloaf, witloof, Witlof

Taxonomy

Family

Asteraceae

Origin and spread

Native to

Europe, Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Yugoslavia

Introduced into

Alabama, Alberta, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Buryatiya, California, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Georgia, Great Britain, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Guyana, Hainan, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Ireland, Irkutsk, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kamchatka, Kansas, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Laos, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Malaya, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Myanmar, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Réunion, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yemen, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

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ben 05 Feb 2021

Hey humblebumble0, yes it is possible for you to change everything on a plant profile, including adding images! It looks great. Keep up the good work!

humblebumble0 22 Jan 2021

I'm new to wiki style editing :) Is it possible for me to add a photo I took of chicory?

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Cichorium intybus

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