Chickory: Weed, Wildflower, Herb?
"hspace="5" align="right" width="120" height="90" cellpadding="5">Two interesting posts popped up on the About Gardening Forum last week. One asked what wildflowers were blooming in your neighborhood and another asked what your favorite weed was. I responded to the first post with chickory, a brilliant blue wildflower (in my opinion) that grows in the most desolate, pathetic soil along the side of the road. I had to laugh when I logged into the weed thread, to see someone's favorite weed was - yes - chickory. Well, one woman's weed is another woman's wildflower.
I was also a bit humbled, because some of the forum members were listing lupines, wild orchids, pentemons and hollyhocks as wildflowers and weeds. They must have quite a beautiful roadside. How about you? What grows for free in your neck of the woods?
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I would have to mention my neck of the woods and all the beautiful wildflowers that continue to make me smile year after year. Thistle, chickory, night shade, dandelions especially those large ones that get as big as baseballs. “I’m not even sure if they are dandelions”. Pokeweed and other vegetation. The abundance of wildflowers is astounding. I’m learning the many uses for them now.
I would like to know the color range of chickory, since I see all range from pale sky blue to deep periwinkle blue-violet. In my yard I have cultivated a pure pink strain and have just locate a family of three pure white plants along my roadside.
In the AR Ozark mts. we have white daisy,Q Anne lace,blanket flower, echinachia, yucca,chicory,liatris, among others…where the Hwy. Dept has not managed to kill them.
Michael,
I am very interested in pink or white chicory roots or seed. Please advise if these are available.
Jay
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