{"id":37217,"date":"2024-01-29T01:18:35","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T09:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/?post_type=product&#038;p=37217"},"modified":"2025-05-19T22:05:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T05:05:33","slug":"lovage-garden","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/product\/lovage-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Lovage, Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Levisticum officinale (A<span class=\"val\">ngelica paludapifolia, H<\/span><span class=\"val\">ipposelinum levisticum, L<\/span><span class=\"val\">igusticum levisticum) <\/span>| <\/em>Garden Lovage<\/p>\n<p>Garden Lovage, also called Common Lovage, Love Parsely, Carrot Parsley, Maggi Herb, and Bladderseed, is a tall, aromatic perennial herb in the Carrot family that has a celery-like odor and a carrot-like root structure. It has been cultivated for thousands of years and was a common sight in medieval monasteries and farm gardens. At one time, Lovage seeds were as expensive as black pepper.<\/p>\n<p>Being a vigorous spring perennial, once the weather warms up, Lovage will be one of the first to grow, sending up thick, towering stalks with sprays of umbel flowers that reach 6-8 ft tall under optimal conditions. The yellow-green flower clusters are beautiful and attract many unusual, but native pollinators.<\/p>\n<p><em>Levisticum officinale<\/em> is considered a good companion plant for root vegetables because it\u2019s said to promote their growth.<\/p>\n<p>With Lovage, all parts of the plant are both edible and delicious and are loaded with vitamins A and C. Its flavor is described as an intensely flavored mix of anise, celery and parsley, but grows better than all of them. Its leaves were once popular as a salad green before celery became more commonly available. And much like Parsley, they are also considered to be an aphrodisiac.<\/p>\n<p>Today the leaves are used as both a culinary herb and vegetable, the roots as a vegetable, and the seeds as a spice. The roots are grated into salads like carrots, or cooked and used as a root vegetable, being especially hearty after oven roasting. The stems can be cut in the spring, blanched, and eaten as a vegetable. The leaves can be chopped and added to any dish that calls for celery, including salads, sandwiches, stews, egg salad, potato salad, and more. Seeds are used as a spice and chewed as a digestive aid, similar to fennel seeds, and can even be used when ground, as a substitute for salt.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Type: Perennial<\/p>\n<p>Sun exposure: Full sun to light shade<\/p>\n<p>Mature height: 6-8 ft<\/p>\n<p>Mature width: 4-5 ft<\/p>\n<p>Hardiness zones: 4-9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>25 seeds<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":37219,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[2602,2619,4599,4598,2852,4669,2600,4622],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-37217","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-all-seeds","product_cat-edibles","product_cat-flowers","product_cat-giant","product_cat-herb","product_cat-new-returning","product_cat-perennial-flower-seeds","product_cat-pollinators-galore","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple","add-to-wishlist-before_image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/37217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=37217"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=37217"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=37217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}