Description

Moss Curled Parsley (Petroselinum crispum) is a hardy, cold-tolerant herb that thrives in cooler weather, making it an excellent choice for fall and winter growth. Known for its mild flavor, it enhances a variety of dishes while adding beauty to your garden with its dark green, deeply cut, curled leaves. Moss Curled Parsley is also packed with vitamins A, B, and C and is known for its ability to freshen breath. This biennial herb is typically grown as an annual for its tender first-year leaves. It grows 10″–12″ tall and wide, thrives in full sun to part shade, and makes a great addition to ornamental plantings or indoor gardens for fresh parsley throughout the winter months.

This packet sows up to 153 feet. 460 seeds.

Variety Info:

Botanical Name: Petroselinum crispum
Family: Apiaceae
Native: Widely cultivated; origin unknown
Hardiness: Biennial grown as an annual because the best flavor comes from first year leaves. Leaves become bitter when flowers appear in the second year.
Plant Dimensions: 10″–12″ tall and wide
Variety Information: Mounding plants with dark green, deeply cut, curled leaves with a milder flavor than flat-leaf types.
Exposure: Full sun to part shade

Sowing Info:

When to Sow Outside: RECOMMENDED. 4 to 6 weeks before your average last frost date, or as soon as the soil can be worked; when soil temperature is 50°–85°F.
When to Start Inside: 6 to 8 weeks before your average last frost date.
Days to Emerge: 14–28 days
Seed Depth: ¼”
Seed Spacing: A group of 3 seeds every 8″
Row Spacing: 16″
Thinning: When 1″ tall, thin to 1 every 8″

Growing Info:

Harvesting: Pick as needed, removing entire stalks to the ground, but not removing more than 1/3 of the plant.