Foeniculum vulgare 'Purpureum'
Purple fennel
Also known as Foeniculum vulgare 'Bronze'
- Height × spread
- 1.5m × 0.5m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Colder than -20C (RHS H7)
- Flowers
- Summer, Autumn
Availability
Please ask in store about availability
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About this plant
This is a variety of the common fennel with lovely brownish-bronze foliage. This makes the yellow flowers even more subtle and exciting. It needs to be sited carefully as the foliage may 'disappear' unless there is a contrasting background.
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Foliage colour
- Brown, Green
- Autumn foliage
- Yellow-bronze
- Stem colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes
- Shape
- Horizontal
- Height
- 1.5m
- Spread
- 0.5m
- Season of interest
- Summer, Autumn
- Flowers in
- Summer, Autumn
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Scented garden, Prairie garden, Herb garden, Gravel garden, Cottage garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Gravelly soil, Loam (normal), Poor soil, Sandy soil
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil, Dry soil, Drought resistant
- Hardiness
- Colder than -20C (RHS H7)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Rabbit resistant, Bee attraction, Bird attraction
- Rabbits
- Rabbits generally ignore
- Hazards
- No
- Pet safe
- Yes – listed in our pet-safe plants
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed with slow release fertiliser
Apply a general purpose slow release fertiliser, spreading it around the root area of the plant as it is coming into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water in dry periods
Established plants in the ground can cope with 7-10 days of dryness, and shrubs often manage 2 to 3 weeks. Water one section of the garden thoroughly each day rather than a little everywhere. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather.