July brings patriotism, hot weather, hot dogs, fireworks and chicory blooming along the roadsides in Wisconsin. The pretty blue blooms are common chicory — Cichorium intybus —a plant that originated ...

I have lost my chicory patches. Why did they get up and go from their old familiar places? Did the heavy truck pulls and fair traffic pulverize the roots to extinction? My patch of chicory grew in the ...

This common chicory flower was bustling with activity. A small native bee species was looking for nectar, while a hoverfly species was waiting for a chance to grab some pollen. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL ...

Above image by Smithsonian Institution on USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database. As you travel Indiana’s backroads in July and August, you can observe what we might call one of nature’s rarities – a distinct sky ...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Chicory (Cichorium intybus) is one of those “love ’em or hate ’em” plants. For one thing, it’s not what you’d call a pretty plant. While the flowers are attractive, they ...

Chicory (Cichorium intybus) is a multipurpose hardy perennial herb: In the garden, it gives off a fragrance of fresh field greens; in the kitchen, its young bittersweet basal leaves — rich in iron, ...

The serrated orange spheres in this image are pollen grains, snug within the anther of a chicory flower. According to European folklore, chicory flowers can open locked doors or grant their possessor ...

QUESTION: What are those blue and white flowers that grow along the roadsides of Monroe County? ANSWER: The blue-flowered plants are chicory and the white ones are Queen Anne’s Lace. Both are putting ...

Chicory is the common blue wildflower of summer. It will only give up pride of place when the asters of fall begin to bloom. I consider chicory very attractive, even though it has only those ...

One of the hazards of working in a school is the annual reunion of large numbers of people in small, confined places. The students get antsy. The adults get antsy. But this is just a temporary ...

This time of year rural roadsides, and even busy interstate highways, are bordered by many sky blue, daisy-like flowers on chicory plants. Although these are sometimes termed weeds, they add a touch ...