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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! The video was produced by Washington Gardener Magazine as part of our Plant Profile series for Mid-Atlantic USA gardeners. Audio and text by Kathy Jentz Video and editing by Taylor Edwards ➤ If you enjoy this video, please give it a thumbs up and subscribe to our Youtube channel (thank you!) ➤Remember to TURN ON notifications to know when our new videos are out ➤ FIND Washington Gardener Magazine ONLINE ~ WashingtonGardener.blogspot.com ~   / wdcgardener   ~   / wdcgardener   ~ Facebook.com/WashingtonGardenerMagazine ~ Podcast: GardenDC