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Foeniculum vulgare 'Purpurem'
- Copper Fennel
 
4-5' x 2-3'             Full sun               Jun-Jul
Small yellow flowers in umbels rise above finely textured deep bronze-red foliage which forms upright clumps. Valuable for both its ornamental foliage and its anise-flavored seeds and stems. Does best in soil that is not too heavy and wet. A prolific self-sower.


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