Foeniculum vulgare
Fennel
- Height × spread
- 1.5m – 1.8m × 0.5m – 0.5m
- Position
- Full sun
Availability
Please ask in store about availability
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About this plant
Grown for its highly ornamental qualities, this makes an upright plant with ferny, frothy foliage, beautiful against the light and having domed heads of yellow flowers. There are a number of interesting varieties including forms with bronzed or brown foliage. Fennel is also grown as a vegetable and the seeds are used as a herb. The plant has a number of medicinal properties.
- Flower colour
- Green, Yellow
- Foliage colour
- Brown, Green, Purple
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes, some varieties
- Shape
- Horizontal
- Height
- 1.5m – 1.8m
- Spread
- 0.5m – 0.5m
- Season of interest
- Summer, Autumn
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Scented garden, Prairie garden, Herb garden, Gravel garden, Exotic 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
- Winter hardiness
- Varies, most are hardy
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Architectural, Rabbit resistant, Bee attraction, Bird attraction
- Hazards
- No
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.