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Fennel (Florence / Bulb)

🌿 Herb
Hardiness Zones 4a to 9b
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📖 About This Plant

Produces a crisp, celery-like bulb with mild anise flavor and feathery fronds used as herb. Beloved in Italian cooking. The fronds, seeds, and pollen are all edible and flavorful.

📊 Quick Facts

Sun
Full Sun
Water
Moderate
Season
Early Spring / Late Summer
Harvest
80-90 days

🌱 Care Tips

Grow as vegetable for the bulb — mound soil around base as it develops. Keep away from other vegetables — fennel inhibits growth of most plants except dill. Harvest bulb when 3 inches.

🤝 Companion Plants

These plants grow well alongside Fennel:

Dill (only compatible with few plants)
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