How many plants for average family:
6 plants or more for ornamental borders

Type of plant:
biennial but best treated as and annual

Best Varieties:

• Curled or Curly tighter foliage
• Italian or continental flat, loose leaf

Sowing:
Direct at fortnightly intervals for continuous crop.
Can be slow to germinate and needs constant moisture until germination.
Can be transplanted.

Growing Habit:
Small plant to 30cm high.

Growing Conditions:
Needs moist soil
Give lots of liquid nitrogen through growing season.
Pick leaves regularly to encourage continual growth.
Cover with a cloche in winter to extend harvest.

Companions:
Asparagus, beans, chives, onions, roses, tomatoes.

Problems:
Can be frost sensitive.
Can bolt to seed in extended hot/dry conditions.

Uses:
Used in salads to make tabbouleh.
Said to freshen breath after eating garlic

For more information:

The World's Healthiest Foods: Feeling Great
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Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine: Parsley
Full text of the article, 'Parsley' from Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, a publication in the field of Health & Fitness, is provided free of charge by LookSmart's FindArticles service. ... Description. Parsley (Petroselinum crispum and P. sativum) is a member of the Apiaceae ... this herb include parsley breakstone, garden parsley, rock parsley, persely, and petersylinge ...
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Parsley
The Herb Guide features articles and information on growing and using herbs. ... Parsley is one of the best known and most widely used herbs ... The crisp, tight foliage of the curly parsley is the most attractive variety to use fresh as a ...
http://www.gardenguides.com/herbs/parsley.htm

Parsley for health
Parsley has been used through the ages for health purposes other than a garnish. Learn new ways to use parsley, plus get a tasty parsley recipe.
http://ks.essortment.com/parsleyforheal_obm.htm

botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Parsley - Herb Profile and Information
Providing botanical, folk-lore and herbal information, plus organic herbs, and herbal products. ... ---Habitat---The Garden Parsley is not indigenous to Britain: Linnaeus stated its wild habitat to be Sardinia, whence it ...
http://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/p/parsle09.html

Wikipedia: Parsley
Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia's article on 'Parsley'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsley

Herbs: Parsley
by Linda Gilbert. Over the last twenty years there has been a renaissance of herbs. ... But while all of this is going on, one herb, parsley, despite its long and illustrious history, seems to have not only ...
http://www.sallys-place.com/food/columns/gilbert/parsley.htm

Spice Pages: Parsley (Petroselinum crispum)
Informative article about the spice Parsley, its botany, chemistry, history and cross-cultural culinary usage. ... surprisingly, Modern Greek has an unrelated name for parsley which shows no relation to the Old Greek name ... actually a loan from Turkish, where the parsley is known as maydanoz ...
http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Petr_cri.html

Parsley
... History/Region of Origin. Parsley was cultivated as early as the third century BC. The Romans used Parsley as a garnish and flavoring ...
http://www.culinarycafe.com/Spices_Herbs/Parsley.html