Makes a handsome foliage plant. Trifoliate leaves with pointed leaflets are purple as the leaves of beetroot. Tip sprays of tiny pink flowers are insignificant. A hardy form of Japanese parsley, served raw in salads.
Cryptotaenia japonica f. atropurpurea
Mitsuba
Details
| Aspect | Sun or part shade |
| Flower Colour | Pink |
| Flowering Period | Jun | Jul |
| Foliage | Not evergreen |
| Goes Well With | Geranium, Hemerocallis, Myrrhis |
| Growth Habit | Clump-forming |
| Hardiness | Fully hardy |
| Height | 50cm |
| Soil | Most types |
| Spread | 40cm |
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