Light
Full sun to light partial shade. Some afternoon shade helps keep leaf crops cooler during hot spells.
Learn how to care for your green friend
Santo Cilantro
Coriandrum sativum · Santo Cilantro
Herbs · Planned variety
Meet your green friend.
Santo is a cilantro type with fresh, divided green leaves and comparatively slow bolting.
A space where it can thrive
Grow as a cultivated garden crop in a bed or suitably sized container. The illustrated nursery pot is a presentation, not a recommendation for the mature plant’s root space.
Ask about availabilityAvailability, size, pot and price will be confirmed in store. Pictures illustrate the plant type.
Studio illustration. Appearance varies with age, variety and growing conditions.
Your care routine
Watering
Keep the seedbed moist through germination, then water when the surface dries. Avoid stagnant wet soil.
Soil & drainage
A loose, freely draining seedbed. Avoid a hot, drying location.
Temperature
Plan sowing for the crop’s preferred season. Protect young plants and containers from severe frost; local conditions affect timing.
Planting
Direct sow in cool spring or late summer; successive small sowings give a steadier supply than one large planting.
Harvest
Pick leaves before plants flower. For coriander seed, leave selected plants to mature their seed heads.
Through the seasons
Heat triggers bolting. Give some afternoon shade in warm spells; replace flowering leaf-crop plants with a fresh sowing.
When your plant needs help
- Repeat cool-season sowings; even a slower-bolting variety eventually flowers in heat.
Pets & little ones
This guide covers a cultivated garden crop. Confirm the identity and the edible part before harvesting; wash produce and keep unverified plants away from children and pets.
Grow with your neighbourhood store.
Independent, family-owned and right here in Uptown New Westminster. Browse before your visit and keep this guide handy at home.
Visit The Golden BazaarCare references
Guidance is a starting point. Adjust watering to your plant, pot, light and season; follow fertilizer labels and check outdoor cultivar hardiness.