
Herbs · Cool
Chervil
Apiaceae
At a glance
- Plant spacing
- 15 cm
- USDA zones
- 3a–9b
- Frost-sensitive
- no
- Growth duration
- 6 weeks
Which beds suit?
- Sun (prefers)
- partial shadeAlso okay:full sunshade
- Soil (prefers)
- loamyAlso okay:raised-bed mix
- Drainage (prefers)
- normalAlso okay:very free-draining
Seed & start
Direct sow
Sow directly into the bed — no pre-culture needed.
Stachi's tip
Chervil is the quick spring herb. Sow already in March — loves cool weather, bolts in heat. Flavour between anise and parsley.
The plant's year: sowing, transplanting, harvest
Sowing
Harvest
Good neighbours
Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
Avoid these neighbours
No known conflicts.
Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
Good pre-cultures
Stachi has no specific pre-cultures recorded.
What comes after Chervil?
When the bed frees up, the season is usually not over. We worked out what still fits afterwards — with time windows and reasons.
See follow-on crops for Chervil →Sources
- LLM-Baseline+gpt-5-review
- LLM-Baseline-Intercrop
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage
- Bingenheimer Saatgut – Grüne-Sosse-Kräuter anbauen (https://blog.bingenheimersaatgut.de/kraeuter-fuer-gruene-sosse-anbauen)
- Hochschule Weihenstephan-Triesdorf – Infodienst Gemüse und Kräuter im Portrait (Kerbel) (https://www.hswt.de/fileadmin/Redaktion/Hochschule/Organisation/Zentrale_Einrichtungen/Weihenstephaner_Gaerten/Infodienst_Weihenstephan_Spezial_-_Gemuese_und_Kraeuter.pdf)
- LWG Bayern (Bayerische Gartenakademie) – Kräuter zum Frischverzehr (https://www.lwg.bayern.de/gartenakademie/gartendokumente/infoschriften/157754/index.php)
Where these figures come from
- Timing
- Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
- Spacing
- Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
- Companion planting
- Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
- Crop rotation
- Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
- Yield
- Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
Sources: LLM-Baseline+gpt-5-review · LLM-Baseline-Intercrop · LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg · LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer · LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage · Bingenheimer Saatgut – Grüne-Sosse-Kräuter anbauen (https://blog.bingenheimersaatgut.de/kraeuter-fuer-gruene-sosse-anbauen) · Hochschule Weihenstephan-Triesdorf – Infodienst Gemüse und Kräuter im Portrait (Kerbel) (https://www.hswt.de/fileadmin/Redaktion/Hochschule/Organisation/Zentrale_Einrichtungen/Weihenstephaner_Gaerten/Infodienst_Weihenstephan_Spezial_-_Gemuese_und_Kraeuter.pdf) · LWG Bayern (Bayerische Gartenakademie) – Kräuter zum Frischverzehr (https://www.lwg.bayern.de/gartenakademie/gartendokumente/infoschriften/157754/index.php)
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