SEED AVAILABLE:
Sow 6 weeks before last frost
Easy warm germinator
10-14 days to germinate
100 seedS
PLANT PROFILE:
Zone: 5-9
Height: 200cm (6ft)
Spread: 100cm (3ft )
Foliage:  A clumping perennial that dies to the ground for winter, Levisticum erupts from the spring ground with beautiful pink-green foliage.  It produces lush, fragrant foliage all summer that provides a flavourful substitute for celery.  Hollow tall stalks elongate in late summer and can be pruned off to prolong the edible foliage season.
Flower:  Umbels of yellow flowers top the tall stalks in late summer and seeds ripen from August to September - all edible and medicinal.
Soil:  Average to poor, with excellent drainage; prefers moist soil but can tolerate drought.  Deep, sandy soil encourages large, long roots - also edible and medicinal.
Garden site:  Best in sun put doesn't mind some shade; grow in back of herb garden where it is a good companion to other herbs, and as a hedgerow.