How do we use your location?
Knowing your location helps us recommend plants that will thrive in your climate, based on your Growing Zone.
Chicory Seeds
Cichorium intybus
Regular price
$8.95
Sale price
$8.95
Regular price
$0.00
per 1/4 Pound
Sale |
Zones
3-8
ZONES
3-8
|
Good to grow! Zone
Bulk Savings - Buy More, Save More!
| Buy More, Save More | Bulk Discount |
|---|
* There is a 1 packet minimum required for this item.
No shipping data
More Information
More Like This
Description
This one is a well-known edible plant, the roots being ground for “chicory coffee”, a specialty of Cajun cooking in Louisiana. Leaves have been used since Roman times for medicines. But the electric blue flowers are what makes chicory famous. Along a roadside in bright sun, this is one of the biggest shows in the flower kingdom. Everyone loves the brilliant blue, even though the flowers close in the afternoon and on cloudy days. The subject of several romantic legends, chicory is one of our most historic wildflowers.
Planting & Care
Shipping
No shipping data
As soon as your order is placed you will receive a confirmation email. You will receive a second email the day your order ships telling you how it has been sent. Depending upon your order date, we may hold your shipment to combine it with other products on your order, if applicable. See our shipping information page for approximate ship dates and more detailed information. If you have any questions, please call Customer Service toll-free at (802) 227-7200 or contact us by email or chat.
View
Key Features
Light Requirements
Bloom Time
Life Cycle
Advantages
Additional information
Seed Coverage
Mature Height
Soil Type
Soil Moisture
Plant Classification
Native To
Prohibited
Life Cycle
Growing Zones
Ideal Region
Overall rating: 4.5384617 / 5 from 13 reviews.
AI Generated Review Summary
Summary topics
Review topics: ["results","look","seeds","flowers","blooms","stalks"].
Review highlights
Reviews
Warning - Caution
"Careful with these. I orders some to add to my wildflower order and instead got a monstrosity. It says these are 36 to 48 inches but the first year I had an entire orchard over 7 feet tall. Yes 7 feet, you can't even walk through them and they completely obliterated the other wildflowers I had planted. Definitely not what was advertised or expected. The post in the picture is 5. 5 feet tall for reference."
Amazing results!!
"I scattered these seeds generously in the fall, and much to my delight, they exceeded my expectations this spring! They are blooming after setting tall stalks with buds, and when I first discovered them this past Sunday morning, I did a happy dance on the driveway!! :-) Just two days before I was admiring them along the road blooming and wondering if I could get those lovely blue, delicate blooms this season on the buds that I saw forming. (I also have a friend who uses American Meadows seed mixes and raves as well. ) If you love chicory for the sole reason of enjoying the glorious light blue blooms, American Meadows is your place for this particular seed! Please note that I scattered these in the fall so they could cold stratify and bloom in their first season. I think this is the key if you want blooms as soon as possible. I'm SO delighted!!"
Hearty Flower
"This wildflower likes it rough. I planted mine by street around the mailbox. Have tried digging them up from side of the road and transplanting into garden. Always died. From seed, without extra care they thrive. Beautiful periwinkle flowers. Good forage plant also"
Recommended
"We enjoy many aspects of chicory; the beautiful blue flowers filling our fields, watching birds perched on the stems and eating seeds, as well as a food plot that attracts deer. We plan to expand into medicinal uses and to feed small livestock."
Chicory
"Wonderful on the sunny outside of a pool fence which backs into woods. It's an unexpected delight. The leaves alone were fun last year but now the towering stalks are blooming out and it's fabulous."
Read the reviews before you buy!
"So glad I read the reviews! I was really baffled before I did, wondering if I'd erred and bought a non-blooming variety. The foliage is a lovely color and my border is wonderfully full, so next year should be a parade of blooms. I love naturalized chicory on the roadside so have no doubt that once established I'll see the result I planted for. I'm quite pleased this was for my personal use, rather than a client, as I am happy to wait!"
Great Germination in new wildflower meadow
"Newly planted field, converted from corn field, perennials planted this year. Annuals to be added next year."
CHICORY THE FANTASTIC WEED
"medicinal. edible. beautiful. these beauties are perennial therefore they don't bloom the first year so be patient. they are larger that the naturalized ones you see on the side of the road but no less pretty. they tend to fall over in strong winds only to lift their ephemeral but plentiful blooms heavenward for all to behold."
Beautiful roadside flowers
"These plants grow along our highways & roads, and look beautiful all bloomed out. I have added them to my butterfly garden for the added color. I look forward to the spring when they are bloomed out!"
chicory seeds 1/4 lb.
"they are going to look great in the gardens on our Walking Path that I personally landscaped all voluntarily by myself."