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Bouquet Dill
  • Bouquet Dill
  • Bouquet Dill
  • Bouquet Dill
  • Bouquet Dill
  • Bouquet Dill
  • Bouquet Dill
  • Bouquet Dill
  • Bouquet Dill
  • Bouquet Dill
  • Bouquet Dill
Bouquet Dill

Anethum graveolens
$4.50
Description

Plants can grow up to 6' tall, seed heads are beautiful and can grow to 18" across! Dill seed is great for pickling, leaves can be used fresh or dry. This is a host plant to swallowtail butterflies so you may find the caterpillars eating up your plants, if you are lucky. Plant more dill, as well as parsley and fennel to provide an extra row for the hungry!

We've been growing this variety since 2012 and saving seed. The flower heads are massive and lovely.
Product details
  • About 100 seeds
  • 50 days to harvest for leaf, 100+ days seed
  • Seeds grown by Angie Minno at The Enchanted Garden in Gainesville, Florida and at Working Food's seed gardens at GROW HUB!
How to grow

Dill prefers cooler weather and can be direct sown or transplanted from about October through March. Sow seeds shallowly, spacing plants about 8" apart.

Dill does best in good garden soil enriched with compost and other organic matter. The flowers are especially attractive to pollinators, so consider letting some plants flower rather than harvesting them all for leaves.
How to save seeds

Dill seed is easy to save. After the flowers are pollinated, watch for small green seeds to form where each flower was. As they mature, they turn brown and can be easily rubbed or shaken from the flower head.

Because dill seeds are exposed rather than protected inside a pod, don't wait too long once they're nearly mature. If a heavy rain is coming, harvest the seed heads and bring them inside to finish drying.

We save seed from the largest, most vigorous flower head (the mother umbel) and use the smaller ones for cooking.

Dill is an out-crossing plant, meaning it benefits from saving seed from many plants. Saving from just a few plants is probably fine for a few seasons of home use, but over time the plants may become less vigorous. We save from at least 20 plants, and often 80–200 or more.

Dill will only cross with other dill varieties flowering at the same time, so if you're growing more than one variety, keep that in mind when saving seed.

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