In addition to it’s stunning cornflower blue daisy like blooms chicory is a healthy addition to your diet and a welcome soil helper to your garden. Easy to grow with long strong roots that reach deep to aerate compacted soils.
Chicory roots are boiled and eaten with butter, and roasted roots are ground and brewed to add a bitter, mellow taste to coffee and tea or used as a substitute for coffee. In Indian texts, whole plant is used as a heart, digestive, stomach, and liver tonic, as well as a diuretic and anti-inflammatory agent.
