Stella Rosa radicchio
Cichorium intybus 'Stella Rosa'
USDA zones3 to 8
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Pink, white
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Stella Rosa' radicchio (Cichorium intybus 'Stella Rosa') is a vegetable for food gardens, borders, and containers. It is typically grown as an annual. It shrugs off cool spells and light frost, though a hard freeze will damage it. This plant likes full sun and dry to moist soil of most types. It grows fast and stays erect, and it also handles dry spells well. Pink and white flowers appear in spring, summer, and autumn and draw butterflies and bees.
Pairs well with Purple Ruffles basil, Beit Alpha Cucumber cucumber, and Berkeley Tie-Dye Pink Tomato tomato.