Herbs · cool season
Parsley
Petroselinum crispum
A biennial that acts like a long-season annual in Ohio. Flat-leaf has better flavor for cooking.
- When to plant in Ohio
- Start indoors February–March (slow to germinate) or sow April
- Harvest window
- May through November; often overwinters
- Days to maturity
- 70–90 from seed
- Spacing
- 8 in.
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
How to grow it
Soak seed overnight. Transplant after frost. Cut outer stems. A mulched plant often returns for an early spring flush, then bolts. Resow each spring for a clean crop.
