Firm edible stalks make a good soup as well as salad ingredient. Celery has high nutrition and watering requirements. In temperate zones plant in February/March or September/October.
Type
Exotic
Maintenance
High
Lifecycle
Annual
Container
Zero
Size
Grass and Groundcover
Root size
Less than 2.5m (safe)
Foliage
Evergreen
Zones
Moist tropical,
Semi-arid with summer rain,
Moist temperate with hot summers,
Arid interior,
Semi-arid with winter rain,
Moist temperate with warm summers,
Winter rains with dry summers