Bionana Organic Lovage

Also known as the Maggi herb, lovage is usually added to soups and lends a delicious flavour to recipes containing mushrooms or eggs. Its broad, pinnate leaves and golden yellow umbel flowers give off a pleasant aroma in the garden. The leaves can be used both fresh and dried and the fruits, seeds and roots of the plant can also be used in a variety of ways.

Our tips:

• Requires nutrient-rich, deep, well-drained soil
• Water regularly
• Make sure there is enough room around it
• A stake may be necessary
• If only the leaves are to be harvested, the plant should be cut back before it flowers so that it grows bushier
• Forms underground rhizomes, which can be divided for propagation
• Heavy consumer of nutrients
• True to type seeds
• Suitable for balconies
• Good neighbours: fennel, parsley
• Crop rotation: 3 to 4 years