Batavian Full Heart endive
Cichorium endivia 'Batavian Full Heart'
AAS Winner 1934
USDA zones4 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Notes
'Batavian Full Heart' endive (Cichorium endivia 'Batavian Full Heart') is a vegetable for the food garden. It is typically grown as an annual. It grows well in cool weather and can ride out a light frost. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It grows fast and has an erect habit. Plants bloom from early to late summer.
Pairs well with Bok choy, Jimmy Nardello pepper, and Lemon balm.