Parsnip
Pastinaca sativa
In Dutch: Pastinaak
Annuals & biennialsCollection: Native species
Properties
- Height
- 0.6 to 1.2 m
- Spread
- 10 to 50 cm
- Full grown after
- 2 years: flowers in the second year
- Sun
- Full sun to partial shade
- Soil
- Moist and rich in lime, little or no fertiliser
- Water
- Average
- Maintenance
- Low: no pruning needed
- Flowers
- July to September, yellow
- For bees
- Yes: nectar and pollen, July to September
- Hay fever
- Not or weakly allergenic
- Leaves
- Drop in autumn
- Hardy
- Yes
- Native
- Yes
- Poisonous
- Mildly: the sap makes skin sensitive to sunlight
- Pricks or stings
- No
- Price, young
- About €0.58 to €4.09 per young plant, from 3-5 cm
- Price, grown
- Not for sale
Through the year
- Leaf
- March to October
- Flower
- July to September
- Fruit
- August to October