Perseo radicchio
Cichorium intybus 'Perseo'
USDA zones3 to 8
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size3 to 4 inches tall
- 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
'Perseo' radicchio (Cichorium intybus 'Perseo') is a vegetable for food gardens, borders, and containers. 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 is an extra-early Chioggia type. Bees and butterflies visit its flowers, and it tolerates drought.
Pairs well with Purple Ruffles basil, Beit Alpha Cucumber cucumber, and Common Chamomile German chamomile.