Hamburg parsley
Petroselinum crispum var. tuberosum · Carrot family
Plant portrait
Hamburg parsley combines divided foliage with a swollen pale root.
Harvested part
The root and leaves of cultivated Hamburg parsley.
What to watch for
Follow leaves and the crown; the exposed root in the model is an illustration.
Growth stages of the Hamburg parsley
Plotilo illustrates the Hamburg parsley in 5 stages in 3D: seed, small sprout, young plant, growing and harvest. The models show typical shapes; they do not predict how long growth takes.
- Seed
Starting from a seed. It is shown on the surface to make it visible in this illustration.
- Small sprout
A short first stem and its first small leaves emerge.
- Young plant
The young plant carries more leaves and starts to take its own shape.
- Growing
Leaves and stems develop. Their shape depends on the species.
- Harvest
An illustration of the harvested part. Roots are made visible for clarity; this image does not confirm actual maturity.
Same botanical family
Same botanical family as the Hamburg parsley (the carrot family): the carrot, the parsnip, the celery, the tuberous chervil and the Florence fennel. Gardeners usually avoid growing the same family in the same spot several years in a row: that is the idea behind crop rotation.