Parsley, Triple Curled Parsley

Triple Curled Parsley is a small, fast-growing edible herb with tightly curled dark green leaves that reaches maturity in 68-75 days.  The mature leaves hold for a long time even in warm weather making harvest easy.  Best grown in full sun and rich, moist, acidic well-drained soils. Triple Curled is slow to germinate- up to 21 days, but is fast growing once started and can be treated as a biannual in zones 6-9.

Syn with Petroselinum crispum.

Type:	Annual, Biannual
Height:	0.5' - 12'
Spread:	1’ - 1.5'
Spacing:	1'
USDA Hardiness Zone:	2 - 11
Culture:	Full Sun
Bloom Color:	White
Season of Interest:	Summer, Fall

 MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance.  Do not let soils dry out.  May languish in hot and humid summer climates. Septoria leaf spot and stem rot may occur. Watch for carrot weevil, flea beetles, leafhoppers and tarnished plant bugs

 

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Kitchen Garden, Edible Garden, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS:  Carrot, Pepper, Tomato

IMAGES: Donovan Govan., Parsley Curled, CC BY-SA 3.0, (2) Warburg1866, BN Parkomanie BKH (7), CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Lankiveil/Craig Franklin, BCBG Rainbow Garden 01, CC BY-SA 3.0 AU, (4) 阿橋 HQ, 歐芹 Petroselinum crispum -香港動植物公園 Hong Kong Botanical Garden- (9198150839), CC BY-SA 2.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown