parsley
Petroselinum crispum
USDA zones2 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size8 inches to 3 feet tall8 to 12 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Bloom color
- Yellow, green
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Parsley (Petroselinum crispum) is an herb for borders, cottage gardens, and food gardens. It is typically grown as an annual. It shrugs off cool spells and light frost, though a hard freeze will damage it. This plant likes full sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It grows in a clump with fragrant green leaves. Yellow-green flowers open from early to late summer and attract butterflies.
Pairs well with German Johnson tomato, Long Island Mammoth dill, and Pesto Perpetuo basil.
Native range
Europe.