Parsley — Herbs

Petroselinum crispum

Full sun, moderate watering — fully hardy.

Photograph of Parsley — iNaturalist / GBIF

Sow: Mar–Jun
Plant out: May
Harvest: Jul
In flower: Jun, Jul, Aug

Sun: Full sun
Water: Medium
Difficulty: Easy
Hardiness: H6
Season: summer
Height: 10–50 cm
Spacing: 50 cm
Pets: Safe around pets
Native: Native

Grows well with

Coriander — Coriander grown in a crop of parsley has at times been found to put unwanted insects off it.Sweet Corn — Parsley is listed as a good neighbour for sweet corn; grown at the foot of the corn it flowers into the summer and feeds predatory wasps.Tomato — Parsley is listed as a good neighbour for tomatoes. Let a few plants run up and flower and they feed predatory wasps, which work on caterpillars.Lettuce — Parsley is listed as a poor neighbour for lettuce, so grow the two apart.

Growing notes

Grows to 0.1-0.5 metres. Space about 10-50cm apart. In flower Jun-Aug.