Bronze Fennel Plant
Profile
Bronze Fennel (Foeniculum
vulgare) is an ornamental perennial herb whose ferny, soft foliage and
bright yellow flowers make it a favorite background plant for many gardeners.
Its wispy, tall stems look great in combination with other
plants such as rose bushes. The cultivar ‘Purpureum’ is especially attractive
with a darker, smoky plum coloring to its foliage.
Plant it in full sun and it will grow to up to 6 feet high.
It does not need staking or fertilizing. It is hardy to USDA zones 5 to 9 and
is native to the Mediterranean and southwest Asia.
It is not the kind of fennel that produces a large edible
bulb at its base. Instead, it looks and grows more similarly to dill or anise.
Bronze Fennel is also a great addition to the pollinator
garden. The flowers attract many kinds of bees and hoverflies. It is also a host
plant that supports the Black Swallowtail butterfly’s caterpillars.
You can collect the fragrant fresh leaves to use in fish
dishes and the dried seeds in a variety of savory or sweet recipes.
Bronze Fennel is deer-resistant and it has no serious
diseases issues.
It will self-seed around, if you let it, but it is easy to
pull and transplant it when it is at the seedling stage to another place in your
garden.
Bronze Fennel: You
Can Grow That!
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Profile series for Mid-Atlantic USA gardeners.
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