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Endive and Radicchio
These plants, a part of the lettuce family called Chicory, have grown wild in Europe for centuries. Depending on where they originated and the shape of their growth form, they may be known as chicory, cichoria, endive, radicchio, Treviso, palla rossa, Belgian endive, markant, escarole, friseé, witloof, Italian dandelion, and a host of other names. All have nutritious, slightly bitter leaves. Try a mixed salad of endive, radicchio, escarole with sherry vinaigrette and chopped fennel.(Family: Lettuce, Asteraceae).
Broadleaf Batavian Escarole
Cichorium endiva
These are big, spreading plants with dark green smooth outer leaves and a pale heart that is tender for salads all year long.
Matures in 85 days. (open pollinated seeds)
Italian Dandelion
Cichorium endiva
Known in Italy as Catalogna frastagliata, it's not a dandelion, but a chicory! Fast growing, upright, dark-green notched leaves stand in thick bunches. Cut the plant at any height and it will re-grow again. Steamed like spinach, they have a pleasant "wild" flavour. Raw, they add bite to salad. May bolt mid-summer from spring planting. Winter-hardy.
Matures in 65 days. (open pollinated seeds)
Markant
CERTIFIED ORGANIC! A very good, large framed Wallonne type with voluminous curled long and upright outer leaves and a heart that blanches well. Markant deals remarkably well with the cool and darker conditions in the late season and winter.
Matures in 85 days. (open pollinated seeds)
Metafora Belgian Endive
CERTIFIED ORGANIC! This is probably one of the most challenging, yet rewarding, vegetables to grow. Once you accomplish your first harvest, you'll understand why these sweet, tender vegetables are so expensive in the supermarket. Plants are grown out for a full season, and then the roots are brought indoors to produce blanched and sumptuous greens.
Matures in 9 months. (hybrid seeds)
Palla Rossa Special
This reliable radicchio forms a gorgeous, firm, round, dark-red and white head which appears like a jewel when you pull aside the tattered clump of outside green leaves. With a unique and tangy taste, it adds flavour, colour, and crisp texture to salads. It can be planted for summer or fall harvest.
Matures in 85 days. (open pollinated seeds)
Radicchio di Treviso
A lovely HEIRLOOM variety, this old Italian radicchio grows in an upright, columnar shape like a little urn. Pull away the lavish wrapper leaves to reveal a stunning red and white, blanched, sweet centre. Cold hardy, and beautiful in the garden.
Matures in 85 days. (open pollinated seeds)
Red Dandelion
Similar to Italian Dandelion, Red Dandelion has bright red stems and mid veins in dark green leaves. Baby leaves look great in salads, in bunches at the market, and in the winter garden. Some plants may be all green.
Matures in 65 days. (open pollinated seeds)
Rossi di Verona
A lovely HEIRLOOM chicory, Rossi di Verona has bright red, white and green leaves to chop into salads or use as decorative wrappers for canapes. Sow from July to September for fall and winter harvests. Cut the plants down to the ground in the spring for a new crop of smaller, apple-sized heads.
Matures in 85 days. (open pollinated seeds)
Seance Organic
CERTIFIED ORGANIC! A finely ribbed variety, Seance is a voluminous escarole with an erect habit, good heart filling and a clean base. Easy to harvest and slow to bolt in summer. The recommended harvest period is from mid-July through November.
Matures in 75 days. (open pollinated seeds)
Sugar Loaf
This green Sugar Loaf radicchio forms upright heads like a Romaine lettuce with big outer leaves wrapping a pale heart. The slightly bitter taste really picks up salads. Roots may sprout again in the spring for a second harvest with a tighter head. Best grown for fall harvest.
Matures in 65 days. (open pollinated seeds)
Tres Fine Maraichere Frisee
Cichorium endiva
Finely-cut leaves, lacier than Neos, surround cream-coloured hearts. Close planting increases blanching. Use leaves in salads to add just the right amount of zing or harvest the whole head to cook like spinach. TFM is sweeter than Neos in warm weather. This is a Friseé type endive.
Matures in 65 days. (open pollinated seeds)
Zidane Frisee
CERTIFIED ORGANIC! A type of frisée with very fine, branched leaves. it is tolerant to necrosis, and is knwon for its early development of compact heads. With excellent flavour and its heavy weight, this is an outstanding market variety for whole head or baby leaf production.
Matures in 65 days. (open pollinated seeds)