How do I get rid of unwanted Chicory plants?
Chickory is a beautiful and useful plant. I would never want to get rid of it. My theory is, if it grows – consider it may be your best option. (I however live on a strip of sand between the pine barrens and the atlantic ocean, and your experience in more bountiful soil may be different) If, you can’t erradicate chickory, perhaps you can controll it. My advice: leave the roots, and apply the pruning shears! Growing up, we ate it in spring salads. In fact, so favored was the plant, that we called all edible weeds and bitter herbs Cichoria. When it is in flower, consider Chickory the great asset that it is! Cut to your hearts delight, if you have enough, some for every room of the house, for friends, and elsewhere, although perhaps it may not be quite elegant enough for the church altar. Snipping is a quick and enjoyable way to reform a wayward plant. (I apply this principle with great zest every July to the dreaded purple loostrife, a truly invasive and non-native plant that has incinua
