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Parsley makes a stunning plant when in seed

M33R4M33R4 Posts: 291
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I forgot about the parsley I grew from seed in 2022 and this year look at it! It' a stunning shade of green and the shape is exquisite:



I wish I could garden all year round!
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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    It attracts all sorts of weird insects such as ichneumon wasps as well.
  • CeresCeres Posts: 2,698
    A few years back I saw something on TV about popping parsley in the garden when it starts to flower rather than chucking it on the compost heap. Sound advice because it is beautiful and delicate looking and insects love it. Might be worth using it as a plant in the flower border.
  • SalixGoldSalixGold Posts: 450
    edited July 2023
    A lot of the plants in the carrot family make for lovely ornamentals - parsnip, parsley, fennel - most of the umbellifers.


  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    I remember years ago Runnybeak grew a giant parsnip. It was stunning!
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I seem to remember flowering parsnip plants being used in a Chelsea garden a few years ago. 

    Unbellifers are all beautiful … I can’t think of one that isn’t. 😀 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • SalixGoldSalixGold Posts: 450
    edited July 2023
    Astrantia, lovage, ground elder and angelica are not my thing, but I can see why other people like them.

    This is an evergreen one new to me.

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    SalixGold said:
    Astrantia, lovage, ground elder and angelica are not my thing, but I can see why other people like them.

    This is an evergreen one new to me.

    Hoverflies love that one but I think it lacks the impact of the taller herbaceous/biennial ones


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Gratifying  to note that the parsnip (vegetable of the divil) has some use.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    Parsnips are boggin'!
  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    SalixGold said:
    This is an evergreen one new to me.

    I like that plant but it's a bit big for my garden. B. longifolium is high on my wishlist but not easy to get going by all accounts.
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
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