More often seen in the kitchen garden, where it is grown for it's edible roots, although over time it has lost out to the carrot and parsnip. They can be boiled, stewed, roasted or grated raw into salads. Here we grow it as a perennial umbellifer in the border.
Sium sisarum
Skirret
Details
| Aspect | Full sun |
| Flower Colour | White | Cream |
| Flowering Period | Jul | Aug |
| Foliage | Not evergreen |
| Goes Well With | Crocosmia, Geranium, Salvia |
| Growth Habit | Clump-forming |
| Hardiness | Fully hardy |
| Height | 1m |
| Soil | Most types |
| Spread | 40cm |
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