FREE: Smokey Bronze Fennel 50+ seed

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Seed can be sown as soon as the soil warms in the spring. Starting from seed is better than buying plants because the tap root is very delicate and difficult to transplant.

Soaking seeds for a day before sowing for better germination. Fennel seeds will germinate in approximately 8 to 12 days. Keep the area moist until the seeds sprout. Thin the fennel plants to 12 to 18 inches apart when they are 4 to 6 inches tall.

Plant in full sun with well drained soil. Fennel survives light frosts. In my zone 6b garden smoky bronze fennel is a perennial. Plants will reseed easily.

Fennel plants are attractive to butterflies, ladybugs, lacewings and pollinators. Bronze fennel has thin stems and beautiful bronze feathery foliage, good for flower arrangements.