Dill - Bouquet

This was our first time growing dill. It grew very quickly and was quite high at around 3ft. The yellow blooms were beautiful and the beneficial insects loved them. We have several Swallow Tail butterfly larve munching on them throughout the season. The dill even re-seeded and starting re-grown on its own. Very pleased with this variety.

This Dill is easy to grow and makes big flowers which I used to make dill pickles this fall and they were so delicious. I would break off the heads and eat them while I was gardening quite frequently, wonderful plant to look at, too!

So, I wanted to grow dill for pickles. i broadcast the seed directly into my herb patch and waited. i didn't think my dill was going to come up, so I went to a local nursery and bought a dill seedling. Shortly after I did, my dill came up. And up. Needless to say, I had alot of dill. I gave it away. I froze it in olive oil to use in homemade ranch dressing. I did not get to use it in pickles.(My cucumbers were a wash this year.) I even saved some of the seed. When it got hot and my dill started looking a little ragged, I pulled it thinking that I was all done with dill for the year. Nope. As the temperatures started dropping this fall, I noticed that my dill was back!! So I harvested a little more. I had heard that dill can be aggressive in reseeding itself, but I certainly wasn't expecting this. There was dill even where I hadn't planted it. So be warned - plant it where you can keep it for a long time. The next herb garden is going to be interesting.

This was my first year rare seed gardening. This could have and probably was operator error. Only one plant sprouted up, planted from seed in February ( very hot here). It was 18 inches high. It's still hanging in there in this 120 degree heat of August too.Zone 9a . But just not much of it and it came in very late. I will try to plant it differently next year and see what happens. I had it in a raised bed garden. Maybe I will try a container and try again. I LOVE Baker Creek rare seeds, so will not give up easily til I get it right!

This dill grows fast and it looks great! I had a problem with aphids attacking it last year, but so far this year it looks really healthy. I added a lot of compost so that could be why.