Eliance escarole
Cichorium endivia 'Eliance'
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
'Eliance' escarole (Cichorium endivia 'Eliance') is a vegetable for the food garden. It is typically grown as an annual. It handles cool weather and a light frost. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. The plant grows upright and is slow to bolt. It grows rapidly, so you can harvest it sooner.
Pairs well with Bok choy, Lovage, and Dark Opal basil.