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Garden chervil in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Anthriscus cerefolium

 

Garden chervil

A tall growing plant with aniseed tasting small oval leaflets, it bears clusters of little white flowers of in summer.

 
plant Features
  • Garden chervil likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Garden chervil likes frequent watering

    Frequent watering

  • Garden chervil is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Garden chervil likes free draining

    Free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Garden chervil

Latin name

Anthriscus cerefolium

type

Herb

family

Apiaceae

ph

5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Garden chervil likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Garden chervil is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Garden chervil likes free draining

    Free draining

  • Water

    Garden chervil likes frequent watering

    Frequent watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Garden chervil is 0.50meters x 0.50meters 0.50 M 0.50 M

Anthriscus cerefolium

A tall growing plant with aniseed tasting small oval leaflets, it bears clusters of little white flowers of in summer.


Flowering Season

From Late Spring TO Mid Summer

it bears clusters of little white flowers of in summer.

 

Planting Outdoors

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Plant container grown plants in early spring.

 

Propagation by seed

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Grow from seed sown under glass for early plants or in situ

 

Propagation by seed

From Mid Spring TO Late Spring

Sow in situ in a prepared bed during spring.

 

Propagation by seed

From Early Autumn TO Late Autumn

Sow in situ in during autumn.

 

Propagation by root cuttings

From Late Autumn TO Mid Winter

Carefully lift the plant out of the ground, do not to damage its roots. Rinse the roots in water to remove all soil. With a sharp knife, take off 5cm lengths of pencil thin roots. Fill pots with compost to which grit has been added, lay the cuttings, spaced out, on top. Cover with a thin layer of compost. Water well, label pots and place in a in a cold frame or somewhere cool indoors. Replant the parent plant.

 
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