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fennel - bronze
bronze fennel or Foeniculum vulgare 'Giant Bronze'
Tasty foliage with both fish & meat as well as in salads. Fine clouds of feathery, bronze-purple leaves are followed...
Smoke-bronzed swirls of aniseed-scented leaves topped with fragile umbels of dainty yellow flower provide a garden aromatherapy treatment - a sensation with red crocosmias
Plant description
Foeniculum vulgare 'Giant Bronze' is a towering fennel, which looks fantastic as a centrepiece for a sunny herb garden. Offering tremendous ornamental value, the foliage acts as a delicate veil through which the flower heads of herbaceous plants and bulbs can be seen.
Eventual height & spread
Flowering period
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Plant features
Position
Full sun
Rate of growth
Average
Soil
Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil
Hardiness
Fully hardy
How to care for Foeniculum vulgare Giant Bronze:
Once established, it becomes more drought-tolerant and requires only occasional deep watering during dry spells. Regular harvesting of leaves encourages fresh growth.
Mulching around the base in winter can offer protection in colder areas.
If fennel is being grown exclusively for its foliage, remove the yellow flowerheads to prevent it from self-seeding. When flowers have finished them cut back to 30cm (12in) from the ground.
Please note:
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