Re: chicory
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: chicory
- From: D* S*
- Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 11:52:04 -0400
On Sun, 23 Jul 2000 02:44:29 -0600 Don Martinson <llmen@execpc.com>
writes:
> I've always thought of chicory as a classic case of over-exposure.
> The flower is certainly a pretty enough blue, though rather pastel -
>
> a color generally prized. In addition, it sits upon a
> rather....mmmm, how shall I say it, an " architectural" scaffolding.
>
> I wonder if they weren't quite as common, that they might be more
> appreciated, at least for the wild border.
>
Don --
Good point. Although chicory grows along roadsides and ditches, I've
never seen or heard of any invading anyone's garden whether in town or
out in the country. So the "weed" designation is perhaps undeserved.
Growing among fuller plants, the blue flowers of chicory would probably
be quite pretty.
I've never grown the chicory cultivars, such as produce Belgian endive,
but has anyone ever grown these and allowed them to flower? The improved
plants might produce improved flowers.
Dean Sliger
Warren, Michigan, USA
Zone 6B
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