Dill
Anethum graveolens
Herbs & Spices Difficulty: Easy
📖 About this plant
Feathery annual herb with a distinctive sweet, anise-like flavor. Essential for pickling; both leaves (dill weed) and seeds are widely used in cooking. Attracts swallowtail butterflies.
🧑🌾 Care requirements
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Light
Full sun (6-8 hrs)
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Water
Every 2-3 days
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Humidity
Moderate (40-60%)
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Temperature
15-26°C
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Soil
Well-draining, fertile loam (pH 5.5-6.5)
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Fertilizer
Light balanced fertilizer once or twice during growing season
📋 Plant facts
- 🌍 Origin
- Southern Russia, the Mediterranean, and western Asia
- 📏 Max height
- 60-120 cm (24-48 inches)
- 📐 Spread
- 30-60 cm
- 🕰️ Bloom time
- Summer
- 🎨 Bloom color
- Yellow
- 🍃 Foliage color
- Green, Lacy
- ⏳ Lifespan
- Annual
- 📈 Growth rate
- Fast
- ☠️ Toxicity
- Non-toxic to humans and pets. Leaves, flowers, and seeds are all edible.
- 🌱 Propagation
- Direct seed in spring after frost; does not transplant well. Succession sow every 2 weeks.
🛡️ Health & Safety
🐾 Pet safe
✅ Non-toxic
Non-toxic to humans and pets. Leaves, flowers, and seeds are all edible.
Common issues
- Aphids on flower heads, Swallowtail caterpillars (beneficial but eat foliage), Bolting in heat, Powdery mildew
💡 Care tips
- Fast-growing annual that self-seeds readily,Both leaves (dill weed) and seeds are used in cooking,Companion plant that attracts beneficial insects like wasps,Support tall stems with stakes in windy locations
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