Cichorium intybus ‘Palla Rossa’
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Cichorium intybus ‘Palla Rossa’, Red Chicory
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cichorium
Palla Rossa is a radicchio variety from Chioggia. It forms solid violet heads with white leaf ribs. The outer leaves are (as with almost all radicchio varieties) green, and the typical red colour will only set in once the nights get colder in autumn.
Characteristics:
• Hardiness: H5 (-10 to -15C)
• Type: Perennial
• Height: Up to 1m
• Spread: 30cm
Red Chicory is available to buy online as herb seeds.
Details
• Aspect: Full Sun
• Soil type: Fertile Light Loam
• pH: Neutral Acid
• Habit: Upright
• Flowering colour:
• Flowering time:
• Uses: Culinary (Read Jekka’s Guide To Culinary Herbs for more information)
• Attracts pollinators: No
• Container suitability: No
• UK native: No
• Caution: N/A
Growing
• Grown from seed:
• Indoor Sowing: In late summer, into prepared plug trays or pots. Winter young plants in a cold frame.
• Outdoor Sowing: In mid-spring, into a prepared site. Thin seedlings to 20cm apart.
• Propagation: N/A
• Maintenance: (See Jekka’s Blogs on Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer and Autumn maintenance)
• Harvest: N/A
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