Cutting Celery, Leaf Celery, Smallage 'Par-Cel'

I planted seeds for cutting celery in my perennial garden last spring. They were slow to germinate (a celery plant characteristic appare...Read Morently), but once they did, they have flourished. No special care, just fertilized with vegetable Plant Tone occasionally and watered when I watered the bed. In the fall, I cut the tops completely off and dried some and some I simply froze. Those frozen (no prep beyond washing) were actually better than the dried. I only used them in cooking, however.

I mulched the plant heavily with leaves for the winter. In Feb., the leaves started appearing above the mulch. Fearing more cold weather, I simply added more leaves and waited until mid-March to uncover them. They have come back strong and I have been cutting from these plants since I uncovered them. Lovely!

One note, where I have the c. celery planted is next to a stone retaining wall that faces south. I suspect the warmth retained by this wall may account for my success in raising it as a perennial, for we had an unusually cold and snowy winter. But I am sold on this plant. Should it not survive a winter, I will definitely be replanting it.

3' celery in leaf form instead of stalks.Tastes more like celery but looks like parsley. Heat, drought AND cold tolerant. Retains its sha...Read Morerp refreshing flavor fresh or dried

Germ: sow indoors 12 wks before last frost. Sprouts after 3-4 wks @ 60-72 F

In the north of England, where the climate is cool temperate, this plant stays green throughout the winter. It has a nice celery taste t...Read Morehat makes it very useful, particularly for cooking. One plant provided as much as I could use. The propagation is a bit tricky because it needs to be warm for the seeds to germinate, but it is no harder than parsley to grow. According to the packet, the seed needed to be germinated by June. The plant is a biennial and gets very tall when in bolts, about three feet tall. The flowers are parsley-like.