Celery Leaf

Apium graveolens 

Story:  This celery leaf is grown a cut and come again herb  plant out after last frost. These are slow growing plants so be sure to get them sown early, sowing them on the surface of moist seeding compost before sprinkling compost or vermiculite to cover them. A culinary herb, it can be used fresh or lightly stewed to flavour soups, butter or salads.

Requirements: Once the seeds have germinated, celery leaf is low maintenance. It does best when grown without much competition and may suffer from celery leaf miner - an issue best handled by removing damaged leaves and practicing crop rotation.

Harvesting: Harvest from mid summer to early winter - it comes back in spring in mild locations.

Saving Seed: Celery leaf is closely related to celery and celeriac so can cross with them. Luckily we tend to harvest these crops before it has the chance to flower so there is no risk of cross pollination. Allow the celery to go to flower and for the seeds to form and begin to dry on the plant. Once seed heads are brown, cut the entire stems and bring inside to dry fully. Crumble the seeds from their stems, package, label and date. 

Number of plants to save seeds from: 5 minimum

Pollination: Insect pollinated

How to send seed back: Please label all seed with variety, type, date and your contact, if you didn't get a chance to fill out our online data collection form, you can also send us a few lines about how it grew for you/flavour etc. Please aim to send back 1 tablespoon of dried seed or more so that we can continue to share with network members. Send to: Omved Gardens, 1 Townsend Yard, N6 5JF.

Please remember, if you’re an individual grower you can order up to 3 packets of seeds. If you order more than this, you will receive just three packs to begin with. This is to ensure we get plenty of data in return and to keep our stocks sustainable for years to come.* 

*Community groups and Experienced Growers can order larger quantities, please email us if this is the case.

If an item is out of stock we will send a close alternative.