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Sign up freeCichorium intybus
vegetable
Bees
Bumblebees
ButterfliesBitter leaves used in salads and cooking. Can be forced in darkness for tender white chicons (Belgian endive). Flowers edible. Deep taproot improves soil structure.
🐛 Prone to: Aphids.
Attract Hoverflies, Lacewings, Ladybirds, Parasitic wasps to keep them in check — plant African Marigold, Angelica and Anise nearby.
Well-draining, average — tolerates poor soil
Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus
vegetableA fellow Asteraceae — similar growing habits to Chicory
