Herbs: Perennial herbs, 1 by pajaritomt

pajaritomt wrote:
Lovage is a wonderful plant that tastes like celery. It's leaves are great in salads and its leaves and stems are great for making soup stalk. I am told the seeds of lovage are what is used for commercial celery seed.
But do watch out for lovage. If it gets too much water it grows like crazy. If you let it go to flower, bees and other critters love it, but be sure to cut it off before seeds form unless you bag the seeds and save them for seasoning. Also, it can spread by underground runner. It is as invasive as mint and as nice, but it is taller than mint. Here is one of mine that I will dig out today. I have about seven such plants that I will be digging out. It all began with one plant, but I put it to grow in a place that gets watered by the automatic lawn sprinkler and it is now trying to conquer the world.
Do grow lovage, but be careful to keep it under control.