Fennel is a popular plant grown for its distinctive aniseed flavor that can enhance many kitchen dishes. Common fennel is a feathery herb, while Florence fennel develops a swollen bulb and that bulb ...

The plant: Fennel has flourished in my garden for a long time. It’s one of my special herb picks for superb flavor as well as its majestic yet airy form that adds elegance to the garden. The ...

Question: Is fennel bulb, the thing grown as a vegetable, the same thing as fennel weed we sometimes see on roadsides? I don’ t want to grow any if it will become a weed in my garden. Answer: Great ...

Plants that can serve multiple purposes are fantastic, and bronze fennel (Foeniculum vulgare duler ‘Rubrum’) is one such multi-tasker. This fennel has smoky-brown foliage with red undertones. Slightly ...

If you’re a gardener, you’ll understand: over the past several years, as often as I have visited my old neighborhood in New York, I have borrowed a car to run an errand and actually have gone to spy ...

Fennel is an herb traditionally used to season soups, salads and seafood. Its culinary and medicinal use dates to ancient Rome. Curative remedies were many, from improving sight to aiding in digestion ...

Bronze fennel has always been one of my garden treasures but probably not for the reasons you might think. For me it has always fulfilled its promise as a great butterfly plant. It is like a sensory ...