Parsley
Petroselinum crispum
In a typical UK garden, sow indoors early February to late March, sow outside late March to early August, plant out late March to mid-May, and harvest early June to late December.
When to sow, plant and harvest
Last frost around 20 April, first frost around 31 October.
- Sow indoors
- early February to late March
- Sow outdoors
- late March to early August
- Plant out
- late March to mid-May
- Harvest
- early June to late December
Growing facts
- Spacing
- 15 cm apart, rows 30 cm apart
- Square foot
- 4 per square (30 cm squares)
- Sowing depth
- 1 cm
- Ready in
- 25 to 40 days from planting out
- Grows to
- 30 cm
- Hardiness
- Hardy to about -10 °C
- Sun
- Copes with some shade
- Crops for
- About 26 weeks
Growing tip
Soak seed overnight before sowing; parsley is slow and patchy to germinate.
Neighbours
Herbs are one crop rotation group. Try not to grow them where any of the family grew in the last two or three years. How crop rotation works
More herbs
Where these figures come from
Every crop in VegLog was checked against published growing advice. Dates are worked out from average frost dates, so they shift with your garden. For parsley, we used:
Grow parsley with VegLog
Add parsley to a bed and VegLog reminds you when to sow, plant out and pick, timed to your own town's frost dates.
