Colours and scent Flowers: Yellow Fruit: Leaf: Green Stem: Variegated leaf: No Scent: Yes, Aroma location: leaves
Size and shape Height: 0.60m Height at 10yrs: 0.60m Spread: 0.30m Spread at 10yrs: 0.30m Shape: Cube
Evergreen, Seasons of interest... Blooms/foliage interest in: Summer Evergreen: No, deciduous
Anethum graveolens Dill
Plant Names... Botanical name: Anethum graveolens Common name: Dill Also known as:
Plant Type... Plant botanical type: Annual
Use For... Ground cover
Description... This is a pretty feathery herb which has attractive bluish green foliage and yellow heads of flowers. It looks like a small fennel, and indeed will cross fertilise this plant. In Saxon times a medicine was made from the plant's seeds and given to babies to dispel windy colic. It stands around 60cm (2ft) high.
Typically available as
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Anethum graveolens
Planting your new plant
Water the plant thoroughly when you get it home, and plant out as soon as possible. Make the hole for the plant larger that the pot it is in and the same depth. When removing the plant from the pot, squeeze the sides of the pot to loosen it. Loosen the roots of the plant, put the plant in the hole spreading the roots to encourage them to grow outwards. Fill round the edges of the rootball with soil to the same level as the surrounding soil.
Care for your plant
Plants in containers need plant food to thrive when in growth. Seek advice from your retailer regarding best product(s). Follow the packet instructions when applying plant food. Remove fading flowers to encourage fresh ones.
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