Xenon Parsley Petroselinum seed

LATIN NAME: Petroselinum crispum

COMMON NAME: Xenon Parsley

The Xenon parsley forks the flat, dark-green leaves above the low crowns, the whole plant standing in the upright, generous look of the kitchen garden row. The fast-growing, biennial herb carries the broad, flat, glossy, dark-green leaves with the finely toothed edges, on the long, upright stalks, in the tall, open crowns, 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 generous, quiet sights of the kitchen garden row, drawing the bees, to be followed by the small, ribbed, grey-brown seeds. The ribbed seeds have a very long record as the fine, leaf parsleys of the old gardens, and the plant is a historic presence of the kitchen garden row. It is a plant of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The Xenon parsley is a historic subject of the plant science, and the flat leaves keep showing up in the work on the leaf parsleys. The way the small, greenish-yellow flowers form in the flat-topped umbels has been examined closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the leaf parsleys, the glossy leaves and the members of the carrot family. The ribbed seeds and the tall habit have also made it a fine study herb, and the Xenon parsley is a regular subject of the work on the flat leaves of the temperate world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The Xenon parsley is a generous, useful plant of the kitchen garden row and the study collection. The broad, flat, glossy, dark-green leaves with the finely toothed edges, on the long, upright stalks, carry the generous look of the kitchen garden row, one of the generous, quiet sights of the kitchen garden row, drawing the bees, and the ribbed seeds have a very long record as the fine, leaf parsleys of the old gardens, the upright, heavy tops coming to the chopping boards, the soups 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 kitchen garden row, the cut-and-come-again bed and the study collection, and it has been written about in the culinary and the horticultural papers for the flat leaves and the very long history. It is a generous, useful plant of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained garden.

The Xenon seeds like a rich, loamy soil kept moist. The young plants are upright and generous, and they take the deep, rich ground of the kitchen garden well.

To grow the Xenon parsley from seed, sow the small, ribbed seeds thinly into the deep flat of rich, loamy soil, water gently, then keep the flat in a bright, open spot. The seedlings thread up within a couple of weeks, and they grow on steadily. With the sun and the deep, rich, moist ground, the flat leaves will fork over the year.

Very uniform mosscurled type suited for fresh-cut and processing use. Leaves are dark green, medium fine curled. Medium late maturity. Suited also for potplant production.

Uses: Culinary