Coriandrum sativum Seeds | Leisure Cilantro
LATIN NAME: Coriandrum sativum
COMMON NAME: Leisure Cilantro
Plant Profile
Coriandrum sativum, better known as Leisure Cilantro, is a fast-growing, annual in the carrot family. The Leisure cilantro glosses low, ferny crowns in close rows, the whole planting staying in the fresh, generous look of the kitchen garden bed. It is a plant of open, sunny, light, moist, well-drained ground. The blooms are worked steadily by bees for as long as they are open. Add these qualities together and you have a species well worth a place in the garden.
Science & Biotechnology
Research touching on Coriandrum sativum ranges from the botany of the carrot family to practical horticulture, including seed handling, propagation and the selection of superior forms. In the laboratory and trial ground alike, it serves as workable material for propagation research and line selection.
Uses & Benefits
Gardeners value Leisure Cilantro for its ornamental character, and the plant also fits naturally into herb, vegetable and cutting gardens. The Leisure cilantro is a fresh, useful plant of kitchen garden bed and study collection. It is a fresh, useful plant of open, sunny, light, moist, well-drained garden. The Leisure seeds grow fast in a rich, leafy mix kept moist. Getting it going is easy; keeping it going is easier still.
Coriander is two spices in one, leaf and seed, and the seed is a classical digestive carminative across European and Asian medicine; linalool from the seed oil is studied for calming and antimicrobial activity.
Growing from Seed
Leisure Cilantro is one of those generous plants that come along well from seed. Scatter the seed evenly over a loose seed compost, cover to no more than its own depth, and keep the pot moist and bright. When the young plants are big enough to handle, space them into pots or a nursery row and let them size up before their final move.
Our Take
Given the right start, Leisure Cilantro is a long-term garden companion. Sun, free drainage and a patient first year are all it really requires.
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