Leben or Franchi - Indivia Riccia - Seeds
Bring the authentic taste of the regional Italian harvest to your kitchen garden with premium Indivia Riccia Seeds (Curly Endive/Frisée). Packaged by select heritage seed houses like Leben or Franchi Sementi, this classic Mediterranean green is highly prized for its deeply serrated, frizzy leaves and upright growth habit. When grown through the summer into the cooler autumn months, the plant yields a large, dense head with a wonderfully pale, tender, and mildly tangy "golden heart" centre. It serves as a highly versatile addition to any home allotment, providing the ultimate crunchy, rustic texture for authentic bitter leaf salads, warm antipasti sides, and traditional Italian winter vegetable soups.
Product Details
- Pack Size: 5g
- Varieties May Include: Riccia Cuor d'Oro, Pancalieri a Costa Bianca, or Romanesca da Taglio.
- Plant Type: Hardy biennial salad crop / cutting leaf endive.
- Sowing Window: Best sown from June to September for an autumn-winter harvest.
- Authentic Italian Heritage Seeds: Sourced directly from historic Italian agricultural seed houses to ensure optimal germination rates and true-to-type regional flavor.
- Traditional Blanching Potential: Designed to be tied up or covered 7 days before harvesting to block out light, producing a sweeter, crisp, and beautifully pale centre.
- Excellent Frost Hardiness: Developed specifically to thrive as temperatures drop, allowing growers to harvest fresh, bitter-sweet greens well into December.
