Palla Red Chicory - Cichorium intybus - Organic Heirloom Vegetable - 100 seeds Hot Pepper

Palla Red Chicory - Cichorium intybus - Organic Heirloom Vegetable - 100 seeds Hot PepperPalla from Italy, is a very reliable radicchio, it is fairly easy to grow in that it consistently forms nice heads, yet can also be forced. It has probably the greatest colour contrast of the red radicchios, with the most intense colour being found in late autumn during cool weather. It is known for its compactness, size and flavour. Palla meaning 'Ball' and Rossa meaning 'Red' in Italian. The uniform well wrapped round heads can be used for either a

Description -  Grown for the mustard seeds

large bright red flowers and handsome weeping habit

Best picked early and will keep harvesting

Nice shape and colour

Pioneers once made ink and and black dyes from an extract of the bark

An English heirloom variety

Vegetative offshoots emerge from the root system

Adult leaves are like closely overlapping scales

Inchanga is named after an area just outside Durban

however in the cooler areas of SA

Onion Seeds

with no petals