Lovage
Herb · cool season
When to plant
- Start seeds indoors about 8 weeks before planting out.
- Plant outdoors about 2 weeks before your average last spring frost.
- Ready to harvest about 80 days after planting out.
Tastes like strong celery. Grows 4–6 ft tall.
Frost dates depend on where you live. Enter your ZIP code to get exact dates.
Dates by zone: 3a 3b 4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b 10a 10b
Growing basics
- Sun
- Part sun (4–6 hours)
- Spacing
- 24 in
- Soil temperature
- At least 45°F
- Time to harvest
- About 80 days
- Containers
- At least 5 gallons
- Plant family
- Carrot family (umbellifers)
- Harvest per plant
- About 1 lb
- Seeds keep
- About 2 years
Companions
Keep apart: Horseradish. Horseradish spreads aggressively. Give it its own spot.
Keep apart: Mint. Mint spreads aggressively into neighbors. Keep it in a pot.
Keep apart: Fennel (bulb). Fennel slows the growth of most garden plants. Grow it on its own.
Keep apart: Sunchoke (Jerusalem artichoke). Sunchokes spread aggressively and shade neighbors.
Grow it well
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