Parsley is so attractive that it also integrates easily into ornamental plantings in residential landscapes. This is especially fortunate where sunny space is at a premium for both flowers and food plants. Its fine-textured foliage is attractive as neat edging or foliage fillers in flower beds, its rich green color setting off the bright blooms of pansies, petunias and other annuals.
Plant parsley along the edges of windowboxes or planters stuffed with colorful annual flowers. It provides a soft foliage contrast to upright, broader leaved container staples such as geraniums. Parsley's drooping stems simultaneously soften the edges of pots and boxes. Because parsley likes cool weather, it can be depended on to provide perky foliage and rich green accents in both spring and fall gardens or container ensembles.