Parsley
- Botanical Name
- Petroselinum crispum
- Hardiness
- Biennial used as an annual
- Height
- 6 to 12 inches
- Width
- 12 to 15 inches
- Flowers
- Early summer: greenish-yellow (not effective)
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Optimum soil temperature for parsley germination is 75 F
- Soaking seeds in warm water for a day before sowing will help speed up this notoriously slow germinating plant. Sow directly outside after the last frost date has passed. Plant seeds 1/8 inch deep.
- Thin seedlings to 10 to 12 inches apart when they are 2 to 3 inches tall
- Seeds can also be started indoors 6 to 8 weeks before planting outside
- Harden off transplants and wait until all danger of frost has passed before planting outside
- Continually harvesting foliage encourages new, fresh growth throughout the growing season
- Start new plants every year for best flavor
- Problems
- None serious
- Varieties
- Forest Green - not as deeply cut or curled
- Clivi - dwarf, lower leaves stay green
- Pagoda - dark green foliage
- Petroselinum crispum var. neapolitanum - Italian flat parsley
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