Description:
Name: Radicchio di Treviso
Other common names: Radicchio Rossa di Treviso / Radicchio Rose di Treviso / Chicory
Scientific name: Cichorium Intybus
Color: Dark burgundy & white
Plant seeds: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost
Plant height: 36 – 48 inches
Plant spacing: 18 – 24 inches
Harvest: 80 days
Light requirements: Sun
Soil & water preferences: Average
Quantity: 100 seeds
Other: This open pollinated variety is shaped like a small romaine lettuce. The variegated leaves transition from white & green to burgundy & white as they mature. Radicchio is celebrated in Italian cuisine for its bitter and spicy flavor, which becomes milder when cooked, grilled, or roasted.
Materials:
Seeds, ziplock poly bag labeled with color photo, plant stats, and planting instructions.
Carissa –
Fun seed packets. Gardening will be fun see what happens
Andrew Knechel –
Not the biggest deal in the world, but there were about 70 seeds in the package, not 100
Jackie Mitchell –
Seeds came quick, in cute packaging. Looking forward to a bumper crop of radicchio.
Amber Dawn –
Very quick delivery. Seller was very nice and included a fee packet of seeds.