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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F)
Plant Height: 36 inches
Leaves: Fragrant
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: Culinary Herb
Medicinal Herb
Vegetable
Cut Flower
Edible Parts: Leaves
Seeds or Nuts
Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Depth to plant seed: cover the seeds thin
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Other info: doesn't like transplanting
Pollinators: Bees

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Common names
  • Dill

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Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2008-06-06
young plants about 18''
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2019-03-14
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2008-06-09
just starting to bloom

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Comments:
  • Posted by gardengus (Indiana Zone 5b) on Oct 25, 2011 6:48 PM concerning plant:
    Dill is an easy to grow herb with many uses.
    It is a host plant to the black swallow tail butterfly.

    NOTE: if you plant fennel and dill in the same garden your seeds will cross and the new plant (from seed ) will not be ''right'' -- off in smell and flavor.
    (lesson learned from experience)
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