Lovage Seeds - Levisticum Officinale, 20 seeds

Quantity: 20 Seeds / pack

Lovage (Levisticum officinale) is a tall, long-lived culinary herb with bold, celery-flavored leaves and flat umbels of yellow-green flowers in summer. A stately background plant for herb gardens and borders, its leaves, stems, and seeds are all used in cooking — think of it as a perennial celery for the garden.

Why choose our seeds?

• Tall, vigorous plants with aromatic celery-flavored foliage
• Yellow umbel blooms that suit cottage and herb gardens
• A useful culinary herb for soups, salads, and stocks

How to grow Lovage seeds

Choose Your Planting Method

• Indoors: Start 6–8 weeks before the last frost.
• Outdoors: Direct sow in spring as soon as the soil can be worked, or in fall — lovage dislikes root disturbance.

Prepare Your Materials

• Seed-starting trays or pots (if indoors)
• Well-draining potting mix
• Spray bottle for misting

Sowing the Seeds

• Sow 1/4 inch deep and cover lightly with soil.
• No pre-treatment is needed.

Provide the Right Conditions

• Light: Bright light after emergence.
• Temperature: 60–75°F (16–24°C).

Germination

• Seedlings emerge in 10–20 days.
• Keep the soil evenly moist until sprouts appear.

Transplanting

• Move out in spring; disturb roots as little as possible.
• Space plants 18–24 inches apart — lovage grows large.

Care Tips

• Sun: Full sun to part shade.
• Water: Keep soil evenly moist; mulch to hold moisture.
• Fertilizer: Rich soil with compost gives the lushest leaves.
• Cut back flower stalks to keep leaves coming, and harvest outer stems as needed.

Bloom Time:

Yellow umbels appear in summer; plants grown mainly for leaves are often cut back before flowering.