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Apiaceae
Black-lovage
Smyrnium olusatrum
Also known as Alexanders, Black pot herb, Horse parsley, Smyrnium vulgare
Native Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Herb · Apiaceae · Edible · Wild Herb · Medicinal · Coastal · Biennial · Foraging · Umbellifera · Cottage Garden
Black-lovage is a hardy biennial herb that thrives in moderately moist soil with full sun to partial shade. Water regularly during dry spells and cut back old growth after flowering to encourage fresh foliage. It naturalizes easily and requires very little intervention once established.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Bermuda, Canary Is., Chad, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle
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