Bel Fiore radicchio
Cichorium intybus 'Bel Fiore'
USDA zones3 to 8
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Bel Fiore' radicchio (Cichorium intybus 'Bel Fiore') is a vegetable for food gardens, containers, and borders. It is typically grown as an annual. It handles cool weather and a light frost. This plant likes full sun and dry to moist soil of most types. It forms spotted, round heads for year-round harvest. Butterflies and bees visit the blooms, and the plant is drought tolerant.
Pairs well with Lime basil, Gimlet cucumber, Cat's Pajamas nepeta, and Berkeley Tie-Dye Pink Tomato tomato.