Lovage, Heirloom Herb Seeds – Old English Celery-Flavored Perennial, Whole-Plant Use, Companion Plant

Lovage — The Old English Celery-Flavored Perennial That Uses Every Part and Enhances Everything Around It

Lovage is one of the great old English herbs — formerly very generally cultivated and still prized today for its rich, celery-like flavor and remarkable versatility. Every part of the plant is useful: the dark green leaves are used fresh in salads, soups, stews, and potato and poultry dishes; the seeds flavor pickling brines and baked goods; and the roots can be eaten as a vegetable or grated into salads. Lovage tea has traditionally been used as a digestive stimulant and antiseptic. As a companion plant, lovage is said to enhance the growth and flavor of whatever is planted near it — a generous neighbor in any garden. Hardy plants grow well across most of the northern U.S. and are perennial in zones 3–8, returning reliably year after year.

Why Grow Lovage?

• Rich celery-like flavor — a natural celery substitute in soups, stews & salads
• Whole-plant use — leaves, seeds & roots all edible and flavorful
• Companion plant — said to enhance growth & flavor of neighboring plants
• Medicinal uses — lovage tea as digestive stimulant & antiseptic
• Hardy perennial — returns reliably in zones 3–8
• Open-pollinated heirloom — save seed year after year

Growing Notes

Start indoors 6–8 weeks before last frost or direct sow outdoors in early spring. Sow seeds ¼ inch deep in fertile, moist soil. Transplant outdoors after frost danger has passed, spacing plants 24–36 inches apart in full sun to part shade. Lovage grows large — up to 6 feet tall — give it room. Keep soil consistently moist. Harvest leaves as needed throughout the season. Allow some plants to flower and set seed for seed harvest. Cut back in fall — will return in spring in zones 3–8.

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