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Chicory is a bitter-tasting vegetable, used as a winter crop and harvested to eat in autumn and early spring salads. It thrives in well-drained soil in full sun to partial shade. There are three different types of chicory: 'forcing' chicory, red chicory or radicchio and 'non-forcing' chicory.
Cichorium intybus 'Kristalkopf Snowflake' is a 'non-forcing' chicory which grows a lot like lettuce. It bears heads of crispy leaves with a soft heart.
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Cichorium ‘Kristalkopf snowflake’ and wildlife
Cichorium ‘Kristalkopf snowflake’ has no particular known value to wildlife in the UK.
Is Cichorium ‘Kristalkopf snowflake’ poisonous?
Cichorium ‘Kristalkopf snowflake’ has no toxic effects reported.
