Apiacées • Levisticum officinale

Mountain Lovage - Organic

"A mountain perennial with a celery scent, a faithful companion in kitchen gardens."

$4.49

Number of seeds 60 seeds

Native to the mountainous regions of Europe and Asia, mountain lovage, often called common lovage or mountain celeriac, is a large umbellifer that naturally finds its place in a living garden. Its glossy green, deeply cut, and fragrant foliage is reminiscent of celery, while its upright stems bear, in summer, large umbels of small greenish-yellow flowers.

Planted in welcoming, cool, and well-drained soil, this robust perennial faithfully returns year after year, offering both a welcoming presence and a generous harvest of aromatic leaves. Its tall stature structures the edges of a vegetable garden or a quiet corner of the garden, where it participates in the cycle of seasons with admirable consistency. In a deeply rooted approach to respectful cultivation, lovage is a reliable plant, discreet yet essential in the garden.

Growing climate: Cool to temperate climate
Sowing difficulty level: Medium
Care required: Occasional

Annotation: Hardy perennial that appreciates cool, deep soils; tolerates winter cold well when the soil is well-drained.

Mountain lovage is a traditional aromatic plant whose fragrance strongly resembles celery, but more concentrated.

Culinary uses (according to reliable general sources):
• Leaves: Used fresh or dried to flavor soups, broths, stews, sauces and casseroles.
• Stems and petioles: Can be used in a similar way to celery in culinary preparations.
• Seeds: Aromatic, sometimes used as a spice.
• Root: Consumed in some culinary traditions, raw or cooked, for its strong aroma.

In many European gardens, lovage is one of the staple herbs in the kitchen, offering an age-old practice of daily foraging: a few leaves picked in passing are enough to transform a simple broth into a truly "homemade" broth.

Some traditional medicinal uses are mentioned in general sources (notably as a digestive plant), but they should not be interpreted as therapeutic recommendations; in the absence of professional advice, the use should remain culinary.