Coriander / cilantro
Cilantro / Coriandro · Coriandre
🧩 Role in the garden
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Height
- medium (40–100 cm)
- Shape
- upright
- Roots
- medium depth · taproot
- Sun
- tolerates some shade
- Season
- cool season
- Grows in
- ❄ winter beds (cool season)
Jobs in the bed
- Feeds beneficial insectsSmall open flowers feed hoverflies, parasitic wasps and lacewings, which eat aphids and caterpillars.
- Fast fillerHarvested within weeks, so it fits between slow crops before they fill the space.
Rotation
Do not return Apiaceae to the same spot for 3–4 years. Same family:
✿ Benefit
Umbel flowers attract ladybugs, hoverflies, lacewings & wasps that prey on aphids & potato beetle
Bolts in heat (fine — the flowers help)
✓ Place near
✗ Keep apart
None listed.