How to grow parsley
Petroselinum crispum
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Open the planting calendarWhen to plant parsley
Start seeds indoors8 weeks before your last spring frost to 6 weeks before your last spring frost
Direct sowat your last spring frost
Growing conditions
- Spacing
- 10 to 12 in apart
- Planting depth
- 0.125 in
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil pH
- 6 to 7
Parsley by hardiness zone
Planting dates for a typical location in each zone:
Sources
Last updated 2026-06-11.