Sium sisarum | Skirret, Crummock, Zuckerwurzel | Various
Sium sisarum belongs to the plant family UMBELLIFERÆ and Genus Sium This plant specimen prefers Wet soil a pH of 7 . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Full sun
We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Sium sisarum does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds
Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Sium sisarum so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties
Sium sisarum skirret,crummock,Zuckerwurzel is not known as a butterfly attracting plant
Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … Nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium
Sium sisarum likes full sun. Sium sisarum is known as crummock in Scottish and Zuckerwurzel in German.
This specimen plant will normally never grow higher than 2' feet will have an overall spread somewhere between ... not specified on this plants page
This plant is will tolerate frost and is classed as … Hardy
Some suggested culinary uses for this plant are … Cooked. A descriptive flavor or texture charateristic of this plant is … has a very sweet parsnip-like flavor
Roots … are the edible part(s) of the Andes Black Raspberry plant
It has a very sweet parsnip-like flavor. Sium sisarum is most frequently used cooked.
Suggested spacing for this crop to ensure plants next to each other use the space optimally without losing the benefits of sunshine and water needs is 1' in one direction and 9" in the other direction.
"Unusual Vegetables: Something New for This Year's Garden", Anne Moyer Halpin, editor, Organic Gardening and Farming, Rodale Press, Emmaus, Pennsylvania, 1978.