Mosscurled Parsley seed Petroselinum

LATIN NAME: Petroselinum crispum

COMMON NAME: Moss Curled Parsley

The moss curled parsley minces the tight, fine, green curls above the low crowns, the whole clump standing in the neat, fresh look of the herb bed. The hardy, biennial herb carries the dense, finely divided, tightly curled, mossy, dark-green leaves in the compact mounds, 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 neat, 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, edging 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 moss curled parsley is a historic subject of the plant science, and the mossy leaves keep showing up in the work on the fine-leaf herbs. The way the small, greenish-yellow flowers form in the flat-topped umbels has been studied at length, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the fine-leaf herbs, the divided leaves and the members of the carrot family. The ribbed seeds and the compact habit have also made it a fine study herb, and the moss curled parsley is a regular subject of the work on the mossy leaves of the temperate world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The moss curled parsley is a neat, useful plant of the herb bed and the study collection. The dense, finely divided, tightly curled, mossy, dark-green leaves in the compact mounds carry the neat look of the herb bed, one of the neat, quiet sights of the herb bed, drawing the bees, and the ribbed seeds have a very long record as the fine, edging herbs of the old gardens, the fine, curly sprigs coming to the plates, the garnishes 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 edging row and the study collection, and it has been written up in the horticultural and the culinary papers for the mossy leaves and the very long history. It is a neat, useful plant of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained garden.

The moss curled seeds like a fine, rich mix kept moist. The young plants are compact and steady, and they appreciate the deep, rich ground of the herb bed.

To grow the moss curled parsley from seed, sow the small, ribbed seeds singly into the deep pot of fine, rich mix, water gently, then keep the pot in a bright, open spot. The seedlings appear within a couple of weeks, and they grow on steadily. With the sun and the deep, rich, moist ground, the fine green curls will mince over the year.

Standard curled variety. Bright green, deeply cut and finely divided leaves.

Uses: Culinary