Dill spice (Anethum Graveolens)

Hardy annual herb. 3 ft. plant with strongly aromatic foliage, stems, and heads. Popular aromatic plant for flavoring purposes. Dill is used fresh or dry to flavour many kinds of food.  Leaves add zest to salads, soups, stews, dips, sauces, fish, omellettes and vegetables. Stems and seeds flavour pickled cucumbers, vegetables, and salad dressings.  Can be grown in the vegetable garden or as an ornamental garden plant. Makes an attractive background plant in flower beds. Produces umbels of yellow flowers which turn into umbrella-like seed heads. Flowering time is summer to autumn. The yellow flowers will attract beneficial insects to the garden.  Approximately 60-65 days to maturity.