Plant library · Vegetables
Radicchio
Cichorium intybus
Cool-season chicory forming tight red heads; best fall crop, needs consistent moisture and some shade in heat.
- Deer resistant
Sunlight
Full Sun
Water
Regular
USDA zones
3–11
Spacing
0.75 ft
Mature size
1 ft tall, 1 ft wide
Harvest
Fall - early winter
Growing facts
- Botanical name
- Cichorium intybus
- Type
- Vegetable
- Category
- Vegetables
- Lifecycle
- annual
- USDA hardiness zones
- 3–11
- Sunlight
- Full Sun
- Water
- Regular
- Plant spacing
- 0.75 ft
- Mature size
- 1 ft tall, 1 ft wide
- Days to maturity
- 85
- Harvest season
- Fall - early winter
- Pollinator friendly
- No
- Deer resistant
- Yes
- Native to North America
- No