Apium graveolens is a BIENNIAL growing to 0.6 m by 0.3 m .
It is hardy to zone 6 and is not frost tender. It is in flower from June to August, and the seeds ripen from August to September. The species is hermaphrodite and is pollinated by Flies. The plant is self-fertile.
Suitable for: light , medium and heavy soils. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic soils and can grow in saline soils.
It can grow in semi-shade . It prefers moist soil.
Prefers a rich moist soil in sun or semi-shade, but with some shade in the summer. It is tolerant of saline soils. The plants are fairly hardy, though they can be damaged by hard frosts. Wild celery is the parent of the cultivated celery as well as celery leaf and celeriac . This entry only deals with the wild celery, the other plants are dealt with separately. A very aromatic plant, the aroma being most noticeable when the foliage is bruised. The growing plant is a good companion for leeks, tomatoes, French beans and brassicas.
HabitatsDitchesHabitatsby rivers and in other damp locations
Habitatsespecially near the sea in salt marshes.
HabitatsCultivated Beds
HabitatsCultivated Beds
Resources
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Major pests
- Agrotis ipsilon
Alfalfa mosaic virus
Arabis mosaic virus
Beet curly top virus
Broad bean wilt virus
Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris
Celery latent virus
Celery mosaic virus
Cercospora apii
Chamomilla recutita
Chenopodium murale
Cucumber mosaic virus
Dysmicoccus brevipes
Euleia heraclei
Forficula auricularia
Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. apii
Galinsoga parviflora
Helicotylenchus dihystera
Liriomyza huidobrensis
Liriomyza sativae
Listronotus oregonensis
Lygus lineolaris
Macrosteles quadrilineatus
Melanoplus sanguinipes
Mycocentrospora acerina
Myzus persicae
Orobanche
Parsnip yellow fleck virus
Peanut stunt virus
Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum
Phytophthora cryptogea
Polygonum aviculare
Polygonum lapathifolium
Pratylenchus penetrans
Pseudomonas cichorii
Pseudomonas marginalis
Pseudomonas marginalis pv. marginalis
Pseudomonas syringae
Pseudomonas syringae pv. apii
Pseudomonas viridiflava
Psila rosae
Rhizobium radiobacter
Rhizobium rhizogenes
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
Senecio vulgaris
Septoria apiicola
Strawberry latent ringspot virus
Tobacco mosaic virus
Tomato black ring virus
Tomato spotted wilt virus
Trichodorus
Minor pests
- Agrotis exclamationis
Alternaria dauci
Amaranthus blitum
Anagrapha falcifera
Aphis fabae
Aphis gossypii
Aphis spiraecola
Belonolaimus longicaudatus
Botryotinia fuckeliana
Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense
Candidatus Phytoplasma solani
Cavariella aegopodii
Chicory yellow mottle virus
Chrysodeixis includens
Cirsium arvense
Clover phyllody phytoplasma
Colletotrichum acutatum
Diaprepes abbreviatus
Dickeya chrysanthemi
Ditylenchus dipsaci
Duponchelia fovealis
Emex australis
Empoasca abrupta
Empoasca fabae
Grapevine chrome mosaic virus
Grapevine yellows phytoplasmas
Graphosoma lineatum
Hemicycliophora arenaria
Hyadaphis coriandri
Longidorus elongatus
Macrosiphum euphorbiae
Melanotus communis
Meloidogyne ethiopica
Meloidogyne javanica
Orobanche aegyptiaca
Orobanche crenata
Orobanche minor
Orobanche ramosa
Parsnip mosaic virus
Peridroma saucia
Phoma apiicola
Phoma chrysanthemicola
Phytophthora tentaculata
Platynota stultana
Poa annua
Portulaca oleracea
Pratylenchus thornei
Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi
Pythium paroecandrum
Sclerotinia minor
Spiroplasma citri
Spodoptera eridania
Spodoptera exigua
Spodoptera littoralis
Theba pisana
Tipula paludosa
Trialeurodes vaporariorum
Trichoplusia ni
Udea rubigalis
Xestia c-nigrum