Foeniculum vulgare: Wildlife Value
Attracts bees and other beneficial insects, feeds caterpillars that morph into swallowtail butterflies.
Plant Profile: Foeniculum vulgare
Taxonomy: Foeniculum vulgareNames
Bronze Fennel, Fennel, Finocchio, Florence Fennel
Phonetic Spelling:fin-ICK-yoo-lum vul-GAR-eh
Genus:Foeniculum
Species:vulgare
Family:Apiaceae
Typically cultivated as a yearly plant, fennel blossoms possess a sweet flavor with subtle hints of anise or licorice. They are commonly incorporated into egg and fish recipes.
Foeniculum vulgare Feature Summary
Foeniculum vulgare Image Gallery
Tags
#yellow
#edible plant
#wildlife plant
#swallowtail butterflies
#herb garden
#pollinator plant
#butterfly friendly
#bee friendly
#non-toxic for horses
#non-toxic for dogs
#non-toxic for cats
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Foeniculum vulgare Feature Summary
Attributes
Attracts bees and other beneficial insects, feeds caterpillars that morph into swallowtail butterflies.
Perennial
Wildlife Food Source
Whole Plant Traits
Cultural Conditions
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Less than 12 inches
Fruit
Green
White
Edible
Flowers
Leaves
Stem
Green
Landscape
Edible Garden
Butterfly Garden
Pollinator Garden
Butterflies
Pollinators
Bees
Foeniculum vulgare Image Gallery
Foeniculum vulgare Attributes
Foeniculum vulgare: Life Cycle
Annual
Biennial
Bulb
Perennial
Woody
Foeniculum vulgare: Play Value
Attractive Flowers
Attracts Pollinators
Buffer
Colorful
Defines Paths
Easy to Grow
Edible fruit
Fragrance
Pieces Used in Games
Screening
Shade
Sound
Textural
Wildlife Cover/Habitat
Wildlife Food Source
Wildlife Larval Host
Wildlife Nesting
Wind Break
Wind Shimmer
Foeniculum vulgare Whole Plant Traits
Foeniculum vulgare: Plant Type
Annual
Bulb
Carnivorous
Edible
Epiphyte
Fern
Ground Cover
Herb
Herbaceous Perennial
Houseplant
Mushroom
Native Plant
Ornamental Grasses and Sedges
Perennial
Poisonous
Rose
Shrub
Succulent
Tree
Turfgrass
Vegetable
Vine
Water Plant
Weed
Wildflower
Foeniculum vulgare: Habit/Form
Arching
Ascending
Broad
Cascading
Climbing
Clumping
Columnar
Conical
Creeping
Dense
Erect
Horizontal
Irregular
Mounding
Multi-stemmed
Multi-trunked
Open
Oval
Prostrate
Pyramidal
Rounded
Spreading
Vase
Weeping
Foeniculum vulgare: Maintenance
Low
Medium
High
Foeniculum vulgare: Texture
Fine
Medium
Coarse
Foeniculum vulgare Cultural Conditions
Foeniculum vulgare: Light
Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day)
Deep shade (Less than 2 hours to no direct sunlight)
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Foeniculum vulgare: Available Space To Plant
12 inches-3 feet
12-24 feet
24-60 feet
3 feet-6 feet
6-feet-12 feet
Less than 12 inches
more than 60 feet
Foeniculum vulgare Fruit
Foeniculum vulgare: Fruit Color
Green
White
Foeniculum vulgare: Fruit Value To Gardener
Edible
Fragrant
Good Cut
Good Dried
Long Bloom Season
Long-lasting
Showy
Foeniculum vulgare Flowers
Foeniculum vulgare: Flower Color
Gold/Yellow
Foeniculum vulgare: Flower Inflorescence
Catkin
Corymb
Cyme
Head
Insignificant
Panicle
Raceme
Solitary
Spadix
Spike
Umbel
Foeniculum vulgare: Flower Value To Gardener
Edible
Fragrant
Good Cut
Good Dried
Long Bloom Season
Long-lasting
Showy
Foeniculum vulgare Leaves
Foeniculum vulgare: Leaf Color
Green
Foeniculum vulgare: Hairs Present
No
Yes
Foeniculum vulgare: Leaf Value To Gardener
Edible
Fragrant
Good Cut
Good Dried
Long-lasting
Showy
Foeniculum vulgare Stem
Foeniculum vulgare: Stem Color
Green
Foeniculum vulgare: Stem Is Aromatic
No
Yes
Foeniculum vulgare Landscape
Foeniculum vulgare: Landscape Theme
Asian Garden
Butterfly Garden
Children's Garden
Cottage Garden
Cutting Garden
Drought Tolerant Garden
Edible Garden
English Garden
Fairy Garden
Garden for the Blind
Native Garden
Nighttime Garden
Pollinator Garden
Rain Garden
Rock Garden
Shade Garden
Water Garden
Winter Garden
Foeniculum vulgare: Attracts
Bats
Bees
Butterflies
Frogs
Hummingbirds
Moths
Pollinators
Predatory Insects
Reptiles
Small Mammals
Songbirds
Specialized Bees
