Chicory Seeds – Non-GMO Heirloom

Grow your own chicory (Cichorium intybus), the hardy, pleasantly bitter green behind Italian radicchio, crisp sugarloaf heads, and the classic coffee-substitute root. Whether you want to buy chicory seeds for bracing winter salads, forcing your own Belgian endive, or roasting the roots for a caffeine-free brew, you are in the right place. Our non-GMO heirloom chicory seeds sprout easily and grow into tough, cold-loving plants that only sweeten as the weather turns. Chicory is a forgiving, cool-season crop that thrives when tender greens give up. Browse our chicory seeds below, then follow our complete chicory growing guide to take your plants from seed to harvest.

What we love about growing chicory

  • Hardy and cold-tolerant, cropping when tender greens have given up
  • One versatile plant gives you salad leaves, heading types, or a roastable root
  • Bitterness that mellows and sweetens beautifully in cool fall weather
  • Cheerful sky-blue flowers that bees and pollinators love if plants bolt
  • Open-pollinated heirloom you can save and resow year after year
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Grow your own chicory (Cichorium intybus), the hardy, pleasantly bitter green behind Italian radicchio, crisp sugarloaf heads, and the classic coffee-substitute root. Whether you want to buy chicory seeds for bracing winter salads, forcing your own Belgian endive, or roasting the roots for a caffeine-free brew, you are in the right place. Our non-GMO heirloom chicory seeds sprout easily and grow into tough, cold-loving plants that only sweeten as the weather turns. Chicory is a forgiving, cool-season crop that thrives when tender greens give up. Browse our chicory seeds below, then follow our complete chicory growing guide to take your plants from seed to harvest.

What we love about growing chicory

  • Hardy and cold-tolerant, cropping when tender greens have given up
  • One versatile plant gives you salad leaves, heading types, or a roastable root
  • Bitterness that mellows and sweetens beautifully in cool fall weather
  • Cheerful sky-blue flowers that bees and pollinators love if plants bolt
  • Open-pollinated heirloom you can save and resow year after year

The hardy, bittersweet green worth a spot in your garden

Chicory (Cichorium intybus) is a versatile, cool-season plant grown for its crisp, pleasantly bitter leaves and its deep, roastable taproot. It is the same species behind radicchio, sugarloaf, and forced Belgian endive, and its sky-blue roadside flowers are a familiar summer sight. The bitterness that defines chicory mellows in cold weather and after blanching, giving crisp, complex greens just when the garden is otherwise winding down.

How to grow chicory from seed

Chicory is easy to direct-sow, planting seeds about a quarter inch deep in full sun to part shade, then thinning to stand 8 to 12 inches apart. For heading types like radicchio and sugarloaf, sow in summer so plants mature into the cool of fall, when they colour up and firm into heads. Leaf and root chicories take roughly 60 to 100 days depending on type. For the full step-by-step, see our complete guide to growing chicory from seed.

How to use chicory

Chicory is prized for its bitter edge. Toss young leaves into mixed salads, grill or braise radicchio and sugarloaf to sweeten them, or blanch the heads to tame their sharpness. The roasted, ground root is traditionally brewed as a rich, caffeine-free coffee alternative, most famously in New Orleans-style coffee. Forced in the dark, chicory produces the pale, tender chicons known as Belgian endive.

Chicory and its bitter-green cousins

If you enjoy chicory's bracing flavor, explore its close relatives. Try endive and radicchio for more frilly and heading chicories, or dandelion for another tangy, nutritious green. Explore the full range in our vegetable seeds collection.

Why buy chicory seeds from Organo Republic

Every packet of chicory seed we sell is non-GMO, open-pollinated heirloom, and germination tested, so you can sow with confidence. As a U.S.-based licensed seed dealer, we work directly with trusted growers to keep quality high and prices low, and every pack carries a QR code that links straight to free online growing guidance. Orders over $49 ship free. Whether you want a single pack of chicory or a curated vegetable collection, you will find dependable, easy-to-grow seed here.

Chicory seeds: frequently asked questions

They are all forms of chicory, Cichorium intybus and its close relatives. Radicchio and sugarloaf are heading chicories, forced Belgian endive is a blanched chicory bud, and root chicory is grown for its roastable taproot. Same family, many delicious forms.
Yes. Our chicory seed is non-GMO, open-pollinated heirloom that is germination tested for reliable sprouting, so you can also save seed from your own plants and resow it year after year.
Depending on the type, chicory takes roughly 60 to 100 days, with heading types timed to mature in the cool of fall. See our complete chicory growing guide for the full timeline.
Grow it into cool fall weather, which naturally sweetens the leaves, and blanch or force the heads by excluding light. Cooking methods like grilling and braising also mellow the bitterness into a pleasant, sweet-edged flavor.
Yes. Leaf and heading chicories grow well in a deep, roomy pot in full sun to part shade. Keep the soil evenly moist, and for root chicory choose a container deep enough for its long taproot.

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