• ccunning@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    4 months ago

    I started to say this looks like chicory to me, then I remembered radicchio is a cultivated variety of chicory 🤪

  • thrawn@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    3·
    4 months ago

    First time ever growing radicchio, but I’m 100% keeping it in my garden from here on out, not for eating (actually was not a fan of the flavor), but because it seems to want to bloom eternally. I swear this one plant has been blooming every morning for months now, and I’ve never seen sweat bees in such numbers, they seem to especially love these blossoms.

    • fireweed@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      4 months ago

      Radicchio has been welcome in my garden for sure; the periwinkle really pops among all the yellow and white flowers from my bolted herbs and brassicas! Chicory/radicchio is also an excellent winter/hunger gap green (although I agree with you, it’s quite bitter on its own, better in a salad mix with milder greens)