Benefine endive
Cichorium endivia 'Benefine'
USDA zones4 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Bloom color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Notes
'Benefine' endive (Cichorium endivia 'Benefine') is a vegetable for the food garden. It is grown for fancy blanched leaves in salad mixes. 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 stands upright, so you can harvest it quickly.
Pairs well with Bok choy, Dark Opal basil, and Carmen pepper.