Herbs · Temperate
Parsley
Apiaceae
At a glance
- Plant spacing
- 20 cm
- USDA zones
- 4a–10a
- Frost-sensitive
- no
- Growth duration
- 10 weeks
Which beds suit?
- Sun (prefers)
- partial shadeAlso okay:full sun
- Soil (prefers)
- loamyAlso okay:raised-bed mixsandy
- Drainage (prefers)
- normalAlso okay:very free-draining
Seed & start
Direct sow
Sow directly into the bed — no pre-culture needed.
Stachi's tip
Parsley is biennial: leaves in year 1, flowers in year 2, then done. So re-sow EVERY spring for freshness. Curly varieties hold their shape better; flat-leaf tastes stronger.
Sowing
Harvest
Good neighbours
Avoid these neighbours
Good pre-cultures
Stachi has no specific pre-cultures recorded.
Sources
- Kreuter, Bio-Garten
- Kosmos Gartenkalender
- LLM-Baseline-Intercrop
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage
Articles about this plant
Harvesting herbs the right way: cut, don't pluck — then they keep coming all summer
Basil that's bare after three weeks. Parsley that won't come back. Usually it isn't the plant, but the way it's harvested. The difference is a single cut.
My raised bed only gets 3 hours of sun — what's actually worth growing?
Behind the shed, under a walnut tree, against a north wall — not every raised bed has guaranteed sunshine. 10 varieties that deliver anyway. And three you can skip.
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