• Chicory Wild plant showcasing its vibrant blue blossoms and lush green foliage
  • Close-up of Chicory Wild&
  • Field of Chicory Wild flowers under the vast blue sky
  • A scenic view of Chicory Wild flowers against the backdrop of a clear blue sky
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Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden

Chicory Wild

£2.10
£2.10
Tax included.

The wild chicory is a beautiful perennial that is also quite hardy and is ideal for use in cottage gardens.

Bees, butterflies, and hoverflies are particularly drawn to the bright blue blooms that bloom on the slender, woody stalks produced by this plant.

Full light and sandy soil or dry grasslands are ideal growing conditions for this plant. As the morning progresses into the afternoon, the lovely blue blooms unfold their petals, but by afternoon they have closed again.

Quantity of Seeds 300 Seeds
Type Perennial
Genus Cichorium intybus
Sow Seeds

Indoors in March/April thinly into pots or seed trays and gently firm down.  Keep warm (16–20 °C) and moist.  Transplant when large enough to handle into larger trays/pots.  Or sow directly outdoors and very lightly cover with fine soil in August or September for earlier summer flowering the next year 
Plant Out Gradually acclimatise before planting out in late May
Flowers July-October
Height & Spread 100 cm high x 100 cm wide

 
    Chicory Wild plant showcasing its vibrant blue blossoms and lush green foliage
    Close-up of Chicory Wild&
    Field of Chicory Wild flowers under the vast blue sky
    A scenic view of Chicory Wild flowers against the backdrop of a clear blue sky