Vegetable
Bronze Fennel
B tier
Bronze fennel is an ornamental-culinary herb form with smoky purple-bronze foliage and tall umbels—no swollen bulb, strong anise-herbal fronds, and decorative garden presence. Flavour is true fennel with a slightly earthier edge. Snip young bronze tips into salads for colour; use as herb fennel for fish. Seeds can be collected when brown. A dual edible landscaping plant.
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FishFresh TipsGarnishSeed
Traits
Anise HerbalBronzeBronze FoliageDecorativeHerb FormHerbalOrnamental Edible
History
Bronze-leaf fennel sports were selected for ornamental kitchen gardens.
Cottage gardens planted bronze fennel as edible architecture.
Chefs used bronze fennel fronds for plated colour on seafood.
Bronze fennel remained a standard dual ornamental-culinary seed.