Clodia Endive is a fast-growing frisée that brings remarkable speed to the salad garden, reaching harvest in just 29 days. This bush-type endive thrives across hardiness zones 3 through 11, making it accessible to gardeners in nearly every climate. Its frilly, upright leaves create wonderful loft and texture in fresh salad mixes, while its compact 6-inch spacing lets you pack productivity into small beds. Cold-tolerant and suited to cool-season growing, Clodia delivers crisp greens quickly when you need them most.
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Clodia sprints from seed to plate in under a month, a genuine asset when you want fast results without compromising quality. The frisée's naturally lofty leaf structure makes it a standout in salad blends, adding both visual appeal and airy texture that heavier lettuces can't match. Its preference for cool weather and proven frost tolerance mean spring and fall plantings will outperform many other endives, and its compact bush habit slots seamlessly into containers and tight garden spaces.
Clodia is grown primarily for fresh salads, where its frisée form and natural leaf loft make it especially valued in gourmet and mixed greens blends. The frilly texture adds visual sophistication and a pleasant bite to plates, and its quick turnaround makes it useful for succession planting throughout the growing season whenever you need tender greens on hand.
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Sow Clodia endive directly into the garden during cool weather for best results. Space seeds to achieve 6-inch plant spacing with 18 inches between rows. Germination occurs between 50 and 75 degrees Fahrenheit.
Begin harvesting Clodia about 29 days after sowing. Cut leaves when they reach your desired size, typically 3 to 6 inches long, using a sharp knife and cutting about an inch above the soil line to preserve the basal plate for regrowth. The plant will produce a second flush of leaves within 5 to 14 days of the first cut, allowing you to harvest multiple times from a single planting.
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