Light
Full sun in an open position.
Learn how to care for your green friend
Victoria F1 Celery
Apium graveolens · Victoria F1 Celery
Vegetables · Planned variety
Meet your green friend.
Victoria is an upright celery with crisp apple-green stalks and pale bases.
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
Water frequently; celery needs a consistently moist root zone throughout growth.
Soil & drainage
Deep, rich, moisture-retaining soil with drainage.
Fertilizer
Prepare the bed with mature compost. This crop benefits from adequate nutrition during active growth; follow a suitable vegetable fertilizer label and your soil test rather than adding an arbitrary dose.
Temperature
Plan sowing for the crop’s preferred season. Protect young plants and containers from severe frost; local conditions affect timing.
Planting
Start indoors in late winter; germination is slow. Transplant sturdy seedlings about 30 cm apart once nights are above 10°C.
Harvest
Cut outer stalks as needed while retaining the crown, or harvest the whole plant at usable size.
Through the seasons
Several cold days when young can induce bolting. Avoid chilling transplants and do not let the bed dry out.
When your plant needs help
- Keep its rich soil continuously moist and protect young transplants from prolonged chilling even though it has improved bolt resistance.
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.