If the sun doesn't come out, chicory may not bloom at all or it may compensate by blooming all day. Linnaeus determined that the morning blooming period in Sweden is about 5-10 a.m..

TORONTO – It is a truism accepted by gardeners everywhere: weeds are bad. The only sensible thing to do is to eradicate them. About The Star ...

Chicory is a commonly occurring plant in all types of pastures and rough turfs across North America. This erect, branched, simple perennial weed grows two to four feet in height at maturity and ...

New Hampshire homesteader, author and influencer Michelle Visser touts a chicory tea as the "perfect, all natural" alternative to decaffeinated coffee, which is chemically processed.

Chicory has even been used as a flavoring in beer. But perhaps chicory’s most famous use is as an additive to, or even substitute for, coffee. This is what I encountered in New Orleans.

This plant is chicory. As a member of the aster family, it is a close relative to the dandelion. Blue flowers are not unheard of in plants, but compared to other colors, they are somewhat rare. So, if ...

Chicory is a weed you might see popping up in various places in July. It's controllable... if you're more persistent than it is.

But what is chicory exactly, and why is it blended with coffee? If you’ve ever visited Cafe Du Monde in New Orleans for coffee, you might have noticed that the brew tastes a bit different.