Dill

Description:

This variety is frequently grown for both its ornamental attributes, and as a culinary herb; yellow and white lacecap flowers hover over fine, lacy, aromatic foliage; a nice accent for the garden and great for containers

Ornamental Features:

Dill features airy yellow lacecap flowers with white overtones at the ends of the stems from mid summer to early fall. It's fragrant ferny leaves remain green in colour throughout the season. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes:

Dill is an herbaceous annual bedding plant with an upright spreading habit of growth. It brings an extremely fine and delicate texture to the garden composition and should be used to full effect.

This is a relatively low maintenance annual bedding plant, and should be cut back in late fall in preparation for winter. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

• Self-Seeding

Dill is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• General Garden Use
• Herb Gardens
• Container Planting

Plant Characteristics:

Dill will grow to be about 24 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 12 inches. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. This fast-growing annual will normally live for one full growing season, needing replacement the following year. However, this species tends to self-seed and may thereby endure for years in the garden if allowed.

This annual bedding plant should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in rich soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This plant can be propagated by seed.

This species is not originally from North America.