Fennel Reviews

Fennel is a tall plant with feathery foilage and yellow flowers that turn into seeds. It is thick perennial root stock and there are several varieties. The common fennel is stouter and has a taller tubular. The leaves of the common fennel are less divided than the other fennel plants. The bulbs of the fennel are white and tender and are used ...  Read the complete review

This review is about the herb Fennel, a very useful herb not only in the kitchen but also for medicinal purposes. Ill keep on doing the herb as it seems a lot of people are printing them out and saving them for future reference. I am just glad to help and I also enjoy knowing people like reading my reviews. Fennel - Foeniculum ...  Read the complete review

Before writing this op I conducted a (non-representative) survey: do my British online friends know, grow, eat fennel? The result: they all know it, some grow it, nobody eats it. Why do people grow fennel in their gardens if they don’t eat it? Well, Foeniculum, the name given to this plant by the Romans (it’s derived from the Latin word ...  Read the complete review

Do you remember, when you were a child, going into the local sweet shop and asking for a quarter of aniseed balls? Well, this plant, when chewed, tastes exactly like those good old-fashioned sweets. The plant itself is quite easy to grow, but you do need a reasonable amount of room in your garden as it can grow to 6'. You may also ...  Read the complete review

Yes fabulous fennel I have a wonderful fennel in my garden. Let me tell you about it. I got my Fennel from a garden centre about 10 years ago. It would have been easy to grow from seed but it was one of those impulse buy?s. I have a very chalky soil and fennel thrives well on it . Fennel is a focal point in my herb garden .It ...  Read the complete review

I love this plant! It's GREAT for filling in areas of a garden. It is so tall and soft looking! I like it in a raised bed behind some silvermound. Those two together are just breathtaking! If you cut it down at the end of the season (I'm zone 5), it seems to grow even bigger and bigger each year! Also it's a very inexpensive plant to ...  Read the complete review

A very common plant in the Mediterranean and is easy to recognise by its fragrant feathery leaves and one type has a bulbous stem which provides a delicious vegetables. Like many herbs and spices fennel was once used medically and fennel boiled in water for 15mins is used to treat inflamed or tired eyes. It used to be hung over doors on ...  Read the complete review

Fennel is easy to grow from seed sown straight into the earth, doing best in a sunny spot. Once it is established it will self seed and pop up by itself year after year. The plants have attractive frondy leaves and large white or yellow flower heads, a bit like cow parsley. They reach about three foot. This herb is worth growing purely ...  Read the complete review