Herbs
Parsley
Petroselinum crispum
- Cat: mildly toxic
- Dog: mildly toxic
- Light: bright, no harsh sun
About the plant
Parsley comes from the Mediterranean and is a biennial: it makes leaves in the first year and flowers in the second. It can grow in a pot on the windowsill, or a bunch can be kept in a glass of water.
Parsley and pets
- Cat
- mildly toxic
- Dog
- mildly toxic
- Signs
- only in large amounts: sensitivity to sunlight, sunburn and skin inflammation
If a cat or a dog ate this plant and shows signs, contact a vet straight away.
Instead: safe for cats and dogs
Care
- Watering
- about every 3 days in summer (April to September), every 6 in winter
- Light
- bright, no harsh sun
- Air humidity
- normal
- Temperature
- 5–25 °C
- On a balcony in winter
- hardy: it stays on the balcony and stands frost down to -15 °C
- Feeding
- not needed
- Grown
- in a glass, in a pot
Parsley in a glass keeps longer covered with a bag in the fridge. Change the water every two days.
This is a rough guide for a flat in Poland. In flowers every plant also has its own watering interval, which learns from how the soil was.