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How to Grow Lovage

Lovage has similar uses to celery and a similar flavour. You can use it in soups and stews, while the young leaves can be used in salads. Grows well as a companion plant for other herbs and vegies.

Full sun

Regular watering

Well drained soil

All climatic zones

Before flowering

Spring to autumn

How to grow lovage in a garden

Step 1

Choose a sunny position with well drained soil. Add some Yates Dynamic Lifter Soil Improver & Plant Fertiliser to add nutrients in to the soil. Water in well. Plants need to be well mulched to keep them moist.

Step 2

Plant seeds directly into the soil making sure they are well spaced, cover lightly with Yates Seed Raising Mix and water regularly.

Step 3

Once seeds have emerged feed with a liquid fertiliser like Yates Thrive Vegie and Herb Liquid Plant Food.

Step 4

Harvest new leaves before flowering, will die down in winter.

How to grow lovage in a pot

Step 1

To grow in a pot, the pot needs to be 300 mm wide and deep. Choose a sunny position in spring, but will grow in half the days' shade in summer. Use a good quality potting mix like Yates Potting Mix with Dynamic Lifter. Water well.