species
Foeniculum vulgare
Fennel
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Foeniculum vulgare belongs to the family Apiaceae, also known as Fennel, introduced before 1500 and long since part of the landscape. It reaches 1.8 m tall and 60 cm across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun, on loam, chalk or sand soil, where the ground is neutral or alkaline and in well drained conditions, and suits average or exposed positions. It tolerates coastal exposure. It flowers from July to August. Its RHS hardiness rating is H6 (hardy, very cold winter): −20 to −15°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 1.8 m tall × 60 cm across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H6 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Full sun
- Soil
- Loam, Chalk, Sand
- Acidity
- Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Well drained
- Exposure
- Average, Exposed
- Coastal
- Tolerates salt wind
- In the UK
- Archaeophyte (pre-1500)
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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