411 · Flat-leaf parsley
Herb · Culinary · Biennial · Heirloom
About this plant
Italian flat-leaf parsley, with flat, deeply cut leaves and a clean, green, peppery flavor stronger than the curly kinds. It is the workhorse for tabbouleh, chimichurri, soffritto, and finishing almost anything. Technically a biennial grown as an annual: it produces beautifully through our cool season, and cutting outer stems at the base keeps new growth coming.
Planting it at home
- When to plant out
- Right away. Our low-desert planting window for cool-season plants ends about mid-February.
- Where
- Containers, Raised bed
- Spacing
- 8"
- Size
- 12–18"
Care
- Sun
- Full sun / part shade
- Water
- Moderate
- Feed
- Light feeding only; too much fertilizer weakens the flavor (general guide).
Good to know
- Grown from
- Seed — sown by FHCG volunteers
- Uses
- Tabbouleh, chimichurri, soffritto
- Life cycle
- Biennial
- Heirloom or hybrid
- Heirloom — saved seeds grow true
- Days to harvest / bloom
- ~75
- Heat (our summer)
- Moderate–High
- Color
- Green (flat leaf)
Seed for our 2027 plants: botanicalinterests.com · Learn more: UA Extension, Maricopa Master Gardeners · Growing In The Garden (Mesa AZ)