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Coriander Variety Selector: Which One For Your Garden

Every recommendation below traces back to our full Coriander varieties comparison — this page is the fast route to one answer for your specific situation, no clicking through required.

If: Leaves, for cooking → Open ground, want the longest cropping period or Leaves, for cooking → Not sure, just give me the safest all-round choice or Not sure, just give me the safest all-round choice

CalypsoAGM

Calypso holds the AGM for slow bolting combined with the longest summer cropping period of the four AGM varieties, making it the strongest all-round choice for a Scottish leaf harvest and the direct answer to bolting, coriander's single biggest problem.

If: Leaves, for cooking → Growing in a container or small raised bed

CruiserAGM

Cruiser is slow to bolt with a compact habit and large, tasty leaves. In a container or small raised bed, where Calypso's longer cropping period matters less than not sprawling, Cruiser is the better fit.

If: Leaves, for cooking → Want a milder, sweeter flavour

ConfettiAGM

Confetti's flavour is milder with a slight sweetness, a genuine point of difference if the standard sharp coriander taste is the reason a household avoids the herb. It isn't explicitly rated for bolt speed the way Calypso and Cruiser are, but it carries the strongest hardiness rating (H5) of the four.

If: Leaves, for cooking → Want high leaf volume and don't mind pinching out flowers

FiltroAGM

Filtro is vigorous with bright green, plentiful foliage, but it isn't bred against bolting the way Calypso and Cruiser are: removing flower stems before they develop keeps leaf growth going. It suits a grower who wants volume and doesn't mind that extra step.

If: Seed or spice

Any of the four AGM varieties (Calypso, Cruiser, Confetti or Filtro)AGM

None of the four AGM varieties is bred specifically for seed, the slow-to-bolt and long-cropping traits describe leaf-harvest performance. For seed, variety matters less than technique: sow once in full sun in spring or early summer, thin to a wider 20cm spacing, and let the plant flower and set seed on its own timeline.

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