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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17825263
[Image description: a bright green bee with pollen covered legs on a lilac flower with jagged edged petals.]
I started to say this looks like chicory to me, then I remembered radicchio is a cultivated variety of chicory ๐คช
First time ever growing radicchio, but I'm 100% keeping it in my garden from here on out, not for eating (actually was not a fan of the flavor), but because it seems to want to bloom eternally. I swear this one plant has been blooming every morning for months now, and I've never seen sweat bees in such numbers, they seem to especially love these blossoms.
Radicchio has been welcome in my garden for sure; the periwinkle really pops among all the yellow and white flowers from my bolted herbs and brassicas! Chicory/radicchio is also an excellent winter/hunger gap green (although I agree with you, it's quite bitter on its own, better in a salad mix with milder greens)