On 5/19/2012 9:59 PM, gloria p wrote:
> On 5/19/2012 7:00 PM, Chemiker wrote:
>> On Sat, 19 May 2012 16:45:42 -0500, George Shirley
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> We also have problems with rosemary, the dratted bush will grow four
>>> feet high and around in one season. Who needs that much rosemary?
>
> But the big, bushy plant is so gorgeous when it is covered in the tiny
> blue flowers if you let it bloom!
>
>
>>> celery can be cut fresh and added to salads and whatever is cooking and
>>> gives it a good flavor. Sometimes known as "cutting celery."
>>
>> George, you talk of "leaf celery". There is a plant, common in Europe,
>> that tastes just like celery (maybe a little more robust), and it's
>> commonly referred to as Chinese Celery, but locals have their own
>> names for it. In Hungary it's called Ujzeller (new celery). Grown for
>> leaves with insignificant stalks. Could this be what you're growing?
>>
>
> I wondered about that, too. I grow lovage, which looks exactly like
> celery leaves on a short, rounded stem (actually not so short by the end
> of the season, over 6 ft. tall.) It tastes exactly like celery,
> but bit stronger. Very good in salads or soup.
>
> gloria p
>
I've also grown lovage, doesn't do well in my climate. Different taste
and growth patterns from the leaf celery I grow, at least tastes
different to me.