Eschscholzia californica (Bag) – Franchi Sementi

Endive Cuor d'Oro - Golden Heart. Early. Nice sized head, loose leaves. Dark green with golden center. Good cooked in salads and soups. If you want a really white center, blanch the heart by covering with bucket or tying up top 10 days or so before harvesting. 10 and 30 gram packet. Approximately 900 seeds per gram.

*Heritage Variety*
Endive Cuor dOro: Similar to Pancalieri but with a tighter head and a larger golden heart once blanched. Sow from June to end of August and harvest until the end of December, although they will usually overwinter in our mild UK climate. Dont be tempted to sow them in the spring along with your other lettuces, you wont get very good results. Its an endive, not a lettuce, even if it looks more like a lettuce. They need heat initially to germinate and start their journey, and then cold to develop. Most varieties are very hardy and will tolerate sub-zero. There are several varieties of escarole and endive; the open-headed ones should be tied up about seven to ten days before harvest to blanch the heart and make them tender. Or you can just stick a bucket on top and, when you harvest that head, move the bucket to the next one. Be lazy – use an elastic band. Be even lazier and plant them closer than the standard 20 cm apart, so they all bunch up and blanch themselves.

Sow: from June to the end of August
Harvest: from September to the end of December.
Approximate seeds quantity: @4800
Suitable for winter cultivation


Partnership plant: Tomato, Leek.

What to sow after: Cauliflower & Cabbage, Cucumber, Bean,
Aubergine, Melon, Pepper, Pea, Tomato, Radish, Courgette.

L26 - This late variety produces large thight green head with large and numerous leaves. The leaves have pronunced crunchy ribs. This variety is really similar to the iceberg lettuce.
Approximate seeds quantity: @3200 seeds.
To be sown from March to June and harvest from June to October.

Misticanza Quattro Stagioni — Mesclun Four Seasons. Mesclun mix of lettuce, endive, radicchio & chicory. 14 varieties including Verona, Pan Zucchero, Four Seasons lettuce, Romaines, cutting lettuces. For salads or braising. Cut when 3-4 inches tall. Make succession plantings every 2-3 weeks for continuous harvests. 8 gram packet, approximately 4500 seeds. Approximately 600-1200 seeds per gram.