Fee-nick'you-lum. Three species of Old World herbs.

Description
Leaves twice-compound, leaflets arranged feather-fashion. Flowers small, yellow, in compound umbels.

How to Grow
Sow seeds outdoors in spring or start indoors 4-6 weeks before last frost. Easy to grow in full sun and ordinary soil. Prefers cool weather.

Foeniculum vulgare
Common Fennel . Stems 3-5 ft. (0.9-1.5 cm) high, bluish green. Ultimate leaflets numerous, threadlike. Flowers yellow, small, 15-25 in an umbel. The var. azoricum (Florence, or Sweet, Fennel) has an enlarged leaf base and, when blanched, is used as food; widely grown in Calif. The var. dulce (Carosella) is grown for its tender young edible stems. 'Redform' has plumelike bronze foliage. Perennial or biennial grown as a hardy annual.

Taylor's Guide for Annuals, by Norman Taylor, revised and edited by Gordon P. DeWolf, Jr. Copyright © 1986 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.