Green River Parsley seed Petroselinum crispum

LATIN NAME: Petroselinum crispum

COMMON NAME: Green River Parsley

The Green River parsley quills the dark, curled leaves in the dense clumps, the whole plant standing in the deep, green look of the herb bed. The hardy, biennial herb carries the dark-green, deeply curled, divided leaves in the upright, dense clumps, and the small, greenish-yellow flowers in the flat-topped umbels, on the tall, branching stalks, through the early summer of the second year, one of the deep, quiet sights of the herb bed, drawing the bees, to be followed by the small, ribbed, grey-brown seeds. The ribbed seeds have a very long record as the fine, heavy-yielding herbs of the old gardens, and the plant is a historic presence of the herb bed. It is a plant of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The Green River parsley is a historic subject of the plant science, and the deep-green leaves keep showing up in the work on the heavy-yielding herbs. The way the small, greenish-yellow flowers form in the flat-topped umbels has been studied steadily, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the heavy-yielding herbs, the curled leaves and the members of the carrot family. The ribbed seeds and the dense habit have also made it a fine study herb, and the Green River parsley is a regular subject of the work on the deep-green leaves of the temperate world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The Green River parsley is a deep, useful plant of the herb bed and the study collection. The dark-green, deeply curled, divided leaves in the upright, dense clumps carry the deep look of the herb bed, one of the deep, quiet sights of the herb bed, drawing the bees, and the ribbed seeds have a very long record as the fine, heavy-yielding herbs of the old gardens, the dark, curled sprigs coming to the soups, the butters and the steady practice of the old kitchens, while the small, greenish-yellow flowers in the flat-topped umbels, on the tall, branching stalks, open through the early summer of the second year, to be followed by the small, ribbed, grey-brown seeds. It is one of the fine choices for the herb bed, the cutting row and the study collection, and it has been written up in the horticultural and the culinary papers for the deep-green leaves and the very long history. It is a deep, useful plant of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained garden.

The Green River seeds start well in a fine, gritty mix kept moist. The young plants are dense and steady, and they appreciate the deep, rich ground of the cutting row.

To grow the Green River parsley from seed, sow the small, ribbed seeds evenly across the top of the seed tray of fine, gritty mix, water gently, then keep the tray in a bright, open spot. The seedlings come through within a couple of weeks, and they grow on steadily. With the sun and the deep, rich, moist ground, the dark quills will rise over the year.

Uses: Culinary
Excellent strain for bedding plant production, field production and home gardens. Medium green, double-curled type, with excellent early branching so plants always look bushy in packs. Cold and heat tolerant; disease resistant; bunches well for fresh market sales and withstands repeated harvest without bolting.

Plant produces flavorable bright green leaves. This is a double curled variety that is disease and cold resistant