General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Herb/Forb
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| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Water Preferences: |
Mesic
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| Minimum cold hardiness: |
Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
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| Maximum recommended zone: |
Zone 10b
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| Flower Time: |
Summer
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| Wildlife Attractant: |
Bees
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| Resistances: |
Salt tolerant
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| Propagation: Seeds: |
Self fertile
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| Pollinators: |
Self
Flies
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| Conservation status: |
Least Concern (LC)
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- Wild Celery
- Chinese Celery
- Kin-tsai
- Thai Celery
- Bai Khuen Chai
- Accepted: Apium graveolens
- Synonym: Apium graveolens var. graveolens
Posted by
vic (North Carolina) on Jan 5, 2014 10:49 AM concerning plant:
Diseases and pests that can affect celery are black heart, brown check, aphids, mosaic, nematodes, and late blight.
If allowed to grow past its maturity date, it can become pithy and hollow.
Posted by
Mindy03 (Delta KY) on May 4, 2012 12:46 PM concerning plant:
Honey bees get nectar from this plant which produces a light amber honey.
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