Bronze Fennel

Description:

An ornamental herb grown for its airy, finely cut bronze foliage that matures to a greenish-bronze; a standout in the border with its wispy, smoky look, and is also great when massed

Ornamental Features:

Bronze Fennel features beautiful chartreuse flat-top flowers held atop the stems in mid summer, which are most effective when planted in groupings. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It's attractive fragrant ferny leaves emerge coppery-bronze in spring, turning bluish-green in colour with hints of coppery-bronze throughout the season. The fruit is not ornamentally significant. The stems are olive green but aren't particularly outstanding.

Landscape Attributes:

Bronze Fennel is an herbaceous perennial with tall flower stalks held atop a low mound of foliage. It brings an extremely fine and delicate texture to the garden composition and should be used to full effect.

This perennial will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. It is a good choice for attracting butterflies to your yard. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

• Self-Seeding
• Insects

Bronze Fennel is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• General Garden Use
• Herb Gardens
• Mass Planting

Plant Characteristics:

Bronze Fennel will grow to be about 30 inches tall at maturity extending to 4 feet tall with the flowers, with a spread of 3 feet. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 4 years.

This perennial does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This plant can be propagated by seed.

This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.