Does anyone recognize this? Same plant just grown bigger and has the flowers.
Looks a little like Queen Anne's Lace but mine has white flowers.
I'm wondering if its's fennel? I can't see the base of the plant, so I can't be sure...but the rest seems to match.
Liz
The best place to seek God is in a garden. You can dig for him there. ~George Bernard Shaw
Liz I like your answer better than mine. Looking at it again, I think you might be right.
Well, thank you. I think you might be right. Last time I put the smaller bush on here and someone suggested Fennel and said to crush the leaves and see if they smell like Fennel. Well, it didn't, it just smelled like a weed. Then the flowers started coming on so I thought I would try again. I didn't realize Fennel gets so big and I had not seen pictures of any with the flowers until I googled it again just now. Before all I found was little shrub like plants. But I think you are right after looking today. Thanks. I love this site!!! So helpful.
Peggy
Hi Sunny, I'm new to the sight and I just seen the pic of your plant. It's looks like Dill . Try breaking a piece and smell of it. If it's dill it will smell like pickles.
Thanks LeAnn,
I tried crushing a piece and it didn't smell. Maybe it wasn't mature enough??? The second time I did it it did smell a bit like Fennel or Anis. I'll have to try again.
Does Dill have the clusters of flowers like that too?
Thanks again for the suggestion.
What about Yarrow.
I'm pretty sure this is the dill that my mom use to grow. I remember green berries on them at some point and time but there is yellow clusters of almost Queen's Annes Lace quality. Pretty sure you have dill growing but I"ll ask mom if she can remember to make sure that is it.
-Deloris
I have never seen green berries on this.
sunny day, it is either dill or green fennel depending on the smell of the foliage. Fennel has a distinct anise smell to it like black licorice, and dill smells just like the dill pickle jar. I have both in my garden they will both get brown seed heads after the yellow bloom goes away and they both self sow them self in the garden. my dill comes up every year in my vegtable garden, because i don't use and preem or any other weed preventive. And the fennel just comes up where ever in the perennial bed. They are both great host to a wide arrange of butterflies. So which ever it is the catipillers will love it.
snowwolf
Thanks to everyone for your information!
I think it is fennel. What part do they use for the "spice"? Dried leaves, the brown seeds?
It isn't my plant. I just see it growing in different places and a couple of neighbors have it in front of their house. I'll have to watch for butterflies around it.
Thanks to all,
sunny day
you can use all parts of the fennel plant. you can use the airy leafy part like you use dill, the seeds also and also if you destroy the plant the base of the plant can be sliced and use for flavoring of meats.
Snowwolf
Great. Thanks for the information. I do buy fennel to put on my pizza and sometimes sprinkle on a salad. Will have to remember this information.
looks like dill
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