Fennel
Formats
A medicinal and culinary plant. To grow in pots, edges and rockery.
It is digestive, aromatic, diuretic and stimulating. The leaves are anise flavoured. Raw or cooked they can be spread on salads. The seeds flavour cakes, bread, liqueurs and and beverages.
Perennial plant up to 2.5m with needle-shaped stretched out and dark-green leaves. Yellow flowers and brown ovoid fruits.
It prefers dry slightly acid and poor soils.
Sowing all year round indoors, from october till march outside. Lightly cover the seeds and maintain the humidity until germination is completed.
Use
Edges, Cosmetic, Culinary, Pest-repelling Plants, Medicinal
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Description
Production of edible fennel.
Flowering
| Flower colour | Yellow |
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| Flowering period | March, April, May, June, July, August, September, Spring, Summer |
Botanical information
| Botanical name | Foeniculum vulgare |
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When to plant?
| Sowing period | January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, Winter, All year |
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| Harvest period | Summer |
| Germination (days) | 10-20 |
| Average germination (%) | 60 |
| Seeds per gram | 250 |
Where to plant?
| Type of use | Edges, Cosmetic, Culinary, Pest-repelling Plants, Medicinal |
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| Exposure | Sun |
| Soil pH | Neutral |
| Hardiness | No drought resistant, Non hardy |
| Climate zone | Mediterranean, Temperate areas |
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