🎨 AI-generated botanical illustration
🌿 Mitsuba
Cryptotaenia japonica
herbs
Perennial
Apiaceae
☀️ Sun
Partial Shade to Shade
💧 Water
Moderate
🗺️ Zones
4-9
🧪 Soil pH
5.5-7.0
🪴 Soil Type
Moist, rich
🚿 Drainage
Well-drained
📏 Spacing
8-12 in
📐 Height
12-24 in
🤝 Companions (2)
🤝 Ferns
Woodland companions in moist shade
🤝 Wasabi
Both Japanese woodland herbs for shade
⚠️ Keep Apart (3)
⚠️ Fennel
Allelopathic - may inhibit growth
⚠️ Mint
Aggressive mint competes for resources
⚠️ Walnut
Susceptible to juglone toxicity from walnut trees
📝 Growing Notes
Japanese wild parsley. Essential in Japanese cuisine. Three leaves per stem (mitsu-ba = three leaves). Shade lover.
🛒 Buy Seeds & Plants
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Johnny's Selected Seeds
Botanical Interests
True Leaf Market
Burpee
Territorial Seed Company
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