Fruit description: The small flat seeds are produced in large numbers.
Flowers: The small delicate yellow flowers are produced in a rounded head in Summer.
Growing conditions: Dill is a soft annual herb with fine feathery leaves. It grows to about 60cm tall. Plant your dill in rich well-drained soil, preferably sandy, in a warm place, protected from wind. It likes full sun and give it plenty of water in dry weather. It likes a temperate to tropical climate but can tolerate some cool conditions.
Uses: The whole plant is edible. It is used in many cuisines. Dill leaves and seeds have an aniseed aroma and flavour. Dill leaves are added fresh to salads and go especially well with cucumber and fish. Dill is superb with gravlax (cured salmon). Dill leaves go well cooked in fish, lamb, poultry and vegetable dishes. Add them late in cooking as heat minimises the flavour. They are a pretty garnish for salads and platters. The dried seeds are used with cucumber and vinegar to make dill pickles.
Medicinal uses: Dill aids digestion.
Pollination requirements: Self-Pollinating
Harvest time Pick the dill leaves any time but the flavour is best just before the plant flowers. The leaves are best used fresh as flavour is not good in dried leaves. The plant turns red-purple when the seeds are ripe. Ripe seeds can be collected and dried for storage.
Plant relatives
Special features: Dill is useful to attract beneficial insects to the garden.
Grown by method: Seed Grown Pot size: 100mm
Plant growing Height and Width for pots or in the ground planting: Grows to 0.5 metres high by 0.5 metres wide if Planted in a Pot. Grows 0.5 metres high by 0.5 metres wide if Planted in the Ground.