Certain types of chicory are grown for tender leaves and flower shoots and used as pot herbs or greens. Forcing bloom in winter produces the witloof, or French endive, used as a salad. Roots of ...

Chicory is late summer's pride and joy and nature's gift of blue. In case you were wondering the name of that stunning violet blue wildflower adorning back roads, fields and hedgerows, it's ...

The serrated orange spheres in this image are pollen grains, snug within the anther of a chicory flower. According to European folklore, chicory flowers can open locked doors or grant their possessor ...

Chicory, a pale blue flower, is also a ubiquitous weed. It is a scraggly, leggy plant growing at the edge of my garden, and it serves as a beautiful counterpoint to the orange, ...

July brings patriotism, hot weather, hot dogs, fireworks and chicory blooming along the roadsides in Wisconsin. The pretty blue blooms are common chicory — Cichorium intybus —a plant that ...

This common chicory flower was bustling with activity. A small native bee species was looking for nectar, while a hoverfly species was waiting for a chance to grab some pollen.