Enhance your culinary creations with West Coast Seeds' Dark Green Italian Parsley. This 2g pack of seeds produces flat, dark green leaves with a rich parsley flavor, perfect for cooking and salads. The sturdy plants with stiff, upright stems are easy to grow and maintain their flavor better than curly parsley when dried. Ideal for companion planting, parsley pairs well with asparagus, carrots, chives, corn, onions, and tomatoes, and can repel pests like asparagus beetles while enhancing the scent of roses.
Key Features:
- Rich Flavor: Ideal for cooking and salads.
- Sturdy Plants: Upright stems and deeply cut, dark green leaves.
- Better Flavor Retention: Holds flavor better when dried compared to curly parsley.
- Companion Planting: Beneficial for asparagus, carrots, chives, corn, onions, and tomatoes.
- Matures in 80 Days: Quick and easy to grow.
Growing Instructions:
- Difficulty: Easy
- Season: Cool season
- Exposure: Full sun to partial shade
- Zone: Hardy to Zone 6
- Starting: Sow seeds 1cm (½”) deep in sterilized seed starting mix indoors, or 3cm (1¼”) deep outdoors. Thin plants to 15cm (6") apart.
- Growing Conditions: Use deeply dug beds with rotted manure or finished compost. Provide some shade for summer crops and full sun for winter crops. Start new seeds in late summer for winter harvest.
Harvesting:
Cut individual sprigs or the whole plant as needed. Dry sprigs in a food dehydrator or freeze them in ice cube trays for long-term storage.
Companion Planting:
Parsley thrives with asparagus, carrots, chives, corn, onions, and tomatoes. It repels asparagus beetles and enhances the scent of roses. Let some plants bloom to attract beneficial insects like hoverflies and predatory wasps.
Grow your own Dark Green Italian Parsley with West Coast Seeds and enjoy its rich flavor and versatility in your kitchen. Perfect for gardeners of all levels, this parsley is a delicious and practical addition to your garden.
