Fennel, Common (Foeniculum vulgare) seeds, organic [WA NO]
$3.95 – $80.00
Family: Carrot (Apiaceae)
Clumping perennial hardy to zone 3 to 10, may be grown as an annual for the leaves, harvest in 60 days.
(Grosfruchtiger) Native to the Mediterranean basin. Flowers yellow to 6 feet tall. The grosfruchtiger variety has very sweet green leaves and sweet seeds. Fennel is easy to grow from seed. Loved by bees and native pollinators! The green herb and especially the seeds are one of the most commonly used flavoring agents worldwide. Plant prefers full sun to part shade and fast-draining, common garden soil. Sow seeds in spring, summer or fall, just sub-surface. Tamp and keep warm and evenly moist until germination, then thin to 3 feet apart.
Packet contains 100 seeds
5 g contains ~1,350 seeds
10 g contains ~2,700 seeds
100g contains ~27,000 seeds
Certified Organically Grown
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Kalili (verified owner) –
Good Morning! I grew your wonderful fennel seeds this year. I have harvested some mature seeds; also some immature seeds which I made a tincture from (following your Making Plant Medicine suggestions, yay)..oh how fantastically fragrant they are! My question has to do with a hard frost expected and I still have a tremendous amount of seed not dry/brown on the plants…they are not fully mature and green. Can I still harvest and dry them for use? I sure hate to waste the plants’ plentiful offerings.
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Richo Cech –
Hi Kalili,
Thanks for your note and for growing and using the fennel. Cut the seeded tops off and hang upside down in a dry place to let them fully mature, then thresh and winnow in the usual manner. Our herb rubbing screens or set of 8 seed cleaning screens would be quite helpful in separating the seed from the sticks. richo
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Kalili (verified owner) –
Thank you. Your herb screens and seed cleaning screens are great; I bought them earlier this year. I don’t know how I got by without them, before. Terrific craftsmanship.
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laura.mangels –
Which of your two fennels do you recommend for medicine? I use juice, seeds, and flowers. Thanks
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Richo Cech –
hi laura, if you’re juicing fennel, then use the bulbing type. for seeds and flowers, use the common fennel (above). richo
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Willow Whyte Lynch –
How big does this get? (How much space per plant should I plan for…?)
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Richo Cech –
hi willow, space plants 2 feet apart–they flower to 5 feet. richo
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Willow Whyte Lynch –
Will this grow in shade to part shade…?
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Richo Cech –
this is an herb of the full sun
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Johanna –
I love fennel for pickling and as a sub for cumin.
However: Does any other vegetable grow with fennel comfortably? I am worried about planting fennel as I’ve heard it will make an entire garden bed inhospitable to any other plant…?
Thanks 🙏
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Richo Cech –
hi johanna, in that fennel brings in a lot of pollinators for other plants it really is a good companion in my opinion. it does get bushy and tall, though, so it can be good to keep it well spaced from other plants. I have these commonly in among my creeping vines such as bitter melon–one of the ideas around companion planting is to use different horizons–one that creeps next to one that leaps, etc. r
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Lee Ann –
Hello, if I may… As long as as I am confident to an have ample fennel seed harvest, I happily harvest the extra fennel flowers and leaves for cooking. they are delightful when young to either eat raw in salads or add to soups. my favorite is to cook fresh diced leaves and flowers into a curry dish along with beat powder:-)!!!!
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Chris –
Which of the offered fennels is best suited as a flavor for baking bread
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Richo Cech –
This one, the giant fennel isn’t a culinary spice. r
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Heather –
I am looking for one that grown for the seeds. The recommended varieties of fennel herb are Foeniculum vulgare dulce and foeniculum vulgare rubrum. Both of them produce high quality fennel seeds. Are either of these seeds sold on this site?
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Richo Cech –
hello heather, i suppose it depends on who is recommending, because bronze fennel (F. vulgare rubrum) is not even official, and i personally wouldn’t grow it or use it–its a cultivar that has lost something in the translation. Yes, you can call our common fennel F. vulgare dulce, as it is very sweet, and a good kind to grow for fennel seed use. One tiny tip: for edible/tincturing/glycerite use, I like to use the green seed, before it is completely ripe, as it is sweeter when harvested that way. richo
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