Packet: 9-10 grams of seed

Mix of Chicory Blends – Sugar Loaf, Chioggia, Striolo & Verona

A beautiful and flavorful blend of classic Italian chicories, offering a range of shapes, colors, and tastes. This mix combines the crisp, elongated heads of Sugar Loaf, the round red-and-white striped beauty of Chioggia, the finely serrated elegance of Striolo, and the deep burgundy, compact heads of Verona.

Flavors range from mildly sweet and nutty to pleasantly bittersweet, becoming sweeter after light frost. Perfect for fresh salads, grilled radicchio, braising, or adding bold color and texture to gourmet dishes. A cool-season favorite that brings both visual appeal and rich, complex flavor to the garden and table.

Packet: 9-10 grams of seed

An outstanding selection of a solid heading radicchio with a 4-6” tall, elongated shape. Deep red/purple leaves with broad white mid-ribs are nice and crunchy with the tangy bitterness that radicchio is known for. We loved this variety for our winter CSA, as the tight wrapping on the heads meant that even when outer leaves were damaged from extreme cold, there was still a marketable head just a few leaves down. Also great harvested young as a loose head or for salad mix as cut-and-come-again greens.

Packet: 9-10 grams of seed

This reliable radicchio forms a gorgeous, firm, round, dark-red and white head which appears like a jewel when you pull aside the tattered clump of outer wrapping leaves. With a unique and tangy taste, it adds flavour, colour, and crisp texture to salads.

Palla Rossa Special Chicory Seeds can be planted for summer or fall harvest. Cut the heads at the soil level, and it may regrow.

Packet: 9-10 grams of seed

Sugar Loaf chicory seeds grow like an upright, tightly headed, very large Romaine lettuce. Beneath the outer, pale-green, mild tasting leaves lies a blanched heart of sweet, pale-golden white leaves with extraordinary flavour. Sugar Loaf is perfect for late summer and fall harvests. We recommend pulling off a few of the enormous wrapper leaves and then lying the cylindrical core on its side and slicing across like a loaf of bread. Try a salad of Sugar Loaf with a hot oil dressing and croutons. Officially this endive is an escarole type. It's an old heirloom variety that sometimes goes by its French handle, Pain de Sucre.

The ultimate carrot for winter cultivation and storage. Wide shoulders, dense flesh, and solid carrot flavor make it a preferred variety for processing and great for bulk and/or wholesale as the poundage adds up quickly. Grows well in heavy soil, strong tops and wedge shape make for easy harvest.

Chantenay carrots are short carrots with light orange skin and orange-red colored cores. Chantenay carrots are grown for canned and processed carrots because of their high yield. The carrots can be eaten fresh, frozen, or canned. Chantenay carrots can be eaten raw or cooked, with their taste usually described as sweet and crisp. However, they may become coarse and tough when grown past maturity, specifically in the heat of summer. Like all carrots, Chantenay carrots are high in carotene and fiber.

There are two main types of Chantenay carrot seeds available to gardeners, Red-cored Chantenay or Royal Chantenay.

Red-cored Chantenay carrots have a redder core and blunt tip.

Royal Chantenay carrots have an orange-red core and a tapered tip.

Welsh Onion

Ishikura onion is a popular, fast-growing Japanese bunching onion (Allium fistulosum) known for its long, thick white stalks and mild flavor, typically reaching up to 2 feet in height without forming bulbs. It is highly versatile, ideal for stir-fries, soups, and salads, and can be harvested at various stages from pencil-thin to thick, carrot-sized stalks. It is a very hardy, cold-tolerant, and versatile variety suitable for both spring and autumn sowing, making it excellent for year-round harvesting. 

Key Characteristics and Growing Tips:

Harvesting: They do not form bulbs, providing a continuous harvest of crisp, tender, white stems.

Hardiness: Highly cold-tolerant, allowing for late-season or winter harvesting.

Cultivation: Thrives in full sun to partial shade in well-drained soil.

Spacing: Requires 4–6 inches of space.

Planting: Direct sow in early spring or in autumn for spring harvest.

Uses: Excellent for stir-fries, salads, and soups. 

Yellow celery, such as ‘Golden Self Blanching’ or Chinese yellow-stem types, is valued for its tender, pale yellow to golden stalks and its milder, sweeter flavor compared to traditional green celery. The stalks are crisp yet delicate, often with less fiber and occasional hollow centers, especially in Chinese varieties. Many yellow celery types are considered self-blanching, meaning they naturally develop their light color without soil mounding, though some benefit from light blanching for the best color and tenderness. Popular varieties include ‘Golden Self Blanching,’ ‘Golden Boy,’ ‘Golden Pascal,’ and ‘Yellow Stem.’ Thanks to its gentle celery flavor and succulent texture, yellow celery is excellent for fresh eating in salads, adds refined crunch to stir-fries and soups, and works well as a subtle flavoring ingredient in a wide range of dishes.

Packet: 9-10 grams of seed