Quantity
Around 80 seeds
Exposure
Sun to partial shade
Discover the plant
Family
Apiaceae
Type
Vegetable
Cycle
Annual
Organic 'Fino' fennel is an elegant and flavourful variety that brings a light, feathery, and luminous silhouette to the vegetable garden, while offering a refined harvest for the kitchen. With its finely cut foliage and fleshy, crisp bulb, Foeniculum vulgare combines ornamental beauty with great culinary utility. Its delicately anised fragrance immediately evokes Mediterranean cuisine, where it accompanies fresh salads as well as stews, soups, or fish. In the garden, its steady growth and relative resistance to bolting make it a favourite variety among gardeners looking for a reliable and productive crop. Its airy presence adds flexibility to vegetable garden rows, while its late-season yellow umbels attract beneficial insects and enrich biodiversity. Easy to grow in well-drained soil, in full sun or light shade, it adapts well to cooler seasons and extends the pleasure of harvests. Harvested young or mature, it offers firm, sweet flesh that is always pleasant to cook. It is a fine, productive, and fragrant fennel, perfect for combining elegance, freshness, and diversity in the food garden.
Planting guide
From plantingto establishment.
Planting depth
1 cm (0.4 in)
Establishment temperature
18 to 22°C (64 to 72°F)
Establishment time
7 to 14 days
Soil and care
The rightconditions.
Exposure
Sun to partial shade
Soil
Well-drained and fertile
Watering
Regular
Container growing
A controlledenvironment.
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Bloom and dimensions
The completeprofile.
Bloom periodJuly to September
Harvest80 days after sowing
Garden associations
What to plantwith it.
Good companionsCucumber, beans, leeks
Avoid planting withTomatoes, cabbages
Salad, soup, stew, fish, side dish
