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Apiaceae
Parsley Flower
Petroselinum crispum
Festivity, gratitude, and new beginnings.
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Petroselinum
- Native to
- Mediterranean, southern Europe
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Type
- biennial herb
- Height
- 30–80 cm
- Sunlight
- full sun to part shade
- Soil
- rich, moist, well-drained
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 5–9
- Lifespan
- biennial
Did you know
- Parsley only flowers in its second year of growth — most gardeners never see the blooms because they harvest it in year one.
- Ancient Greeks associated parsley with death and used it to decorate tombs, yet also crowned victorious athletes with it.
- The tiny flowers are magnets for beneficial insects, especially hoverflies and tiny parasitic wasps that control garden pests.
- Parsley seeds are notoriously slow to germinate — an old folk saying claims they 'go to the devil and back seven times' before sprouting.
- It contains more vitamin C per gram than oranges and was chewed after meals in ancient Rome to freshen breath.
Color meanings
Yellow-Green
renewal and nourishment