vegetable variety
Hollow Crown
Parsnip · Pastinaca sativa
USDA hardiness range
- Zones
- 3a–7a
- Days to harvest
- 120 to 180
- Sun
- Full
- Water
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- biennial grown as annual
At a glance
Sweet (especially after frost), nutty, complex; long tapered cream-colored roots. Roasting, mashing, soups, gratins. Heritage variety, very cold-hardy, sweetens dramatically with frost.
Growing Hollow Crown
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Flavor, texture, and use
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Growing notes
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Hollow Crown by zone
Zone-specific suitability, frost timing, and adjacent-zone notes.
Other parsnip varieties
1 sibling cultivar profiled on ZonePlant.
Frequently asked questions
- What zones does the Hollow Crown parsnip grow in?
Hollow Crown grows in USDA zones 3a through 7a.
- How does Hollow Crown compare to other parsnip varieties?
Hollow Crown is one of 2 parsnip varieties profiled on ZonePlant. See the full parsnip variety table for side-by-side comparison.
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Image: "Pastinaca sativa vallee-de-grace-amiens 80 21072007 4", by Olivier Pichard, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC-BY Source.
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