September 19, 2025
One of my radicchio plants bolted while I was gone. It makes beautiful flowers in the morning, so I’ve left it blooming. It is a fairly large plant.
I enjoyed watching this common eastern bumble bee buzz around and stop to pollinate the radicchio flowers.
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Very pretty blooms!
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It’s always nice to see bee bums!
I had never seen bolted radcchio before. I didn’t realize how much it looks like chickory. (I shouldn’t be surprised since they’re related.)
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It is a leaf chicory according to Wikipedia. The flowers are so pretty.
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Gorgeous!!! It looks like chicory!!
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It is a type of leaf chicory!
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I have some surprising pictures of a lettuce plant in bloom…… somewhere. If I can find them again I will post them.
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Lettuce flowers are pretty, but not as showy as this radicchio’s flowers.
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Awesome bee captures!!
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Thank you!
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Mind-blowing captured
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Beautiful plant. I have not noticed this plant in Florida.
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Most of Florida is too hot to grow radicchio. It is a type of leaf chicory.
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