SimplyHerbs Dill Seeds

The Easiest Way to Grow!

Harvest both the foliage (“dill weed”) and the seeds!

Genus: Anethum
Species: graveolens
Variety: SimplyHerbs?
Item Form: (P)Pkt of 20 seeds
Bloom Start to End: Mid Summer – Late Summer
Days to Maturity: 50
Habit: Mound-shaped
Seeds Per Pack: 20
Plant Height: 12 in – 15 in
Plant Width: 12 in – 15 in
Additional Characteristics: Fragrance,Herbs,Pest Fighter,Rose Companions,Bloom First Year,Butterfly Lovers,Cut-and-Come-Again,Direct Sow,Easy Care Plants,Edible
Bloom Color: Yellow
Foliage Color: Dark Green
Harvest Season: Early Summer,Late Summer,Mid Summer
Light Requirements: Full Sun
Moisture Requirements: Dry,Moist, well-drained
Resistance: Deer Resistance,Disease Resistant,Drought Tolerant,Heat Tolerant,Humidity Tolerant,Pest Resistant
Soil Tolerance: Clay,Normal, loamy,Poor,Sandy
Uses: Beds,Containers,Cuisine,Foliage Interest,Outdoor,Wildflowers

(P)?Pkt of 20 seeds

50 days from transplanting seedlings.

Among the most useful of herbs, dill is fragrant, attractive, and delicious. A member of the same family as parsley and cumin, its seeds have a flavor reminiscent of caraway while its leaves have a gentler, more subtle taste. It belongs front and center in your sunny herb garden!

Dill is an annual with feathery blue-green leaves and tiny yellow blooms that produce masses of small brown seeds in fall. Both leaves and seeds are used in cooking, lending their flavors to everything from pickles to potatoes, eggs to fish.

For a regular supply of dill leaves, make successive sowings of the seed every 2 to 3 weeks in well-drained, neutral to slightly acid soil in full sun. Dill prefers to be direct-sown, and should not be covered with too much (if any) soil at planting time. Do not plant near carrots, as they react adversely, or too close to fennel, because the flavor can be affected. However, cabbage seems to like dill nearby, and it’s a nice companion to onions.

Even if it were not so delicious, dill would be a valuable addition to the garden, both for its attractive umbrella-like flowers and its ability to attract beneficial insects that prey on aphids and other destructive pests int he garden.

Expect the plants reach 12 to 15 inches high and wide. To harvest the seeds, secure a paper bag over the flowerhead as the blooms begin to pass. Shake the stem of the plant every so often; when the bag rattles, it is full of dill seeds! And if you want dill to self-sow in your garden, just let the seeds fall and leave the soil undisturbed. You will have LOTS of new plants in spring! Enjoy. Packet is 20 multi-seed pellets.