Smyrnium olusatrum

  • Product number: 373000
  • Origin: Europe
  • Latin: Smyrnium olusatrum

Beautiful, open-growing plant with greenish-yellow umbelliferous flowers. Still very rare in the Netherlands. The young shoots and leaf stalks are aromatic in soups; the seeds are sometimes mixed with pepper spice powder. Biennial.

Names:
Latin: Smyrnium olusatrum
Dutch: Zwartmoeskervel
English: Alexanders

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Sowing method: Year-round outdoors on a seedbed, except when the ground is frozen. Some seeds can germinate quickly; most have dormancy that ends after a cold period. So leave them (sown and all) alone.

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Sowing/planting time:

  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November

Harvesting time:

  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October

Soil type:

  • All soil types

Cultivation location:

  • Outdoors

Position:

  • Partial shade
  • Shade
  • Flower colour: Greenish-yellow umbels
  • Origin: Europe
  • Average growth height: 60 to 90 cm
  • Annual or perennial: Biennial
  • Attractive to insects: Various insects
  • Winter hardy: Forst hardy
  • Ease of cultivation: Moderate
  • Latin: Smyrnium olusatrum
  • Dutch: Symphytum tuberosum
  • Also known as: Not applicable / Unknown
  • English: Alexanders
  • All year round

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