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Fennel 'Bronze' 4" Pot removeSyzygium 'Baby Boomer' Lilly Pilly 7" Pot remove
NameFennel 'Bronze' 4" Pot removeSyzygium 'Baby Boomer' Lilly Pilly 7" Pot remove
ImageFennel 'Bronze' 4" PotA Syzygium 'Baby Boomer' Lilly Pilly 7" Pot bush with a blue sticker on it.
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Bronze Fennel

Bronze Fennel is a herbaceous Perennial plant that can grow up to 1.5m tall. It's a very easy to grow plant, however young plants are frost tender. To produce richer oils and seeds, this plant should be planted in full sun, in well drained soil. It easily self seeds, so deadhead after flowering to keep under control. With its soft bronze foliage and pretty little yellow flowers, this plant is also great as a decorative addition to any garden. Bronze fennel has the same sweet liquorice flavour as the traditional green variety, so can be used in its place in any recipe. The leaves are great with fish, and can be stuffed into the cavity of a whole fish or to wrap fillets. You can also use it to make a stuffing. Another herb that goes well with fennel, is French tarragon. Tarragon having a spicy aniseed kick and fennel a sweeter flavour. You can make a very nice tea from the leaves and seed of bronze fennel. Or milk steeped with this herb can make delicious ice cream, or be used in baking cakes or bread. To harvest the seeds, leave the flower stalks on the plant until the seeds turn from green to brown then hang the seed heads in a paper bag to finish drying out. The seeds are ready when the shake away from the main head easily. The store them in an air tight container away from sunlight. 4" pot size.

Lilly Pilly "Baby Boomer"

The "Baby Boomer" Syzygium Lilly Pilly is a lovely dwarf evergreen, with a glossy leaf that has many uses.  It is ideal as a low hedge, great in a pot or can simply be planted as an individual shrub in your garden.  It will reach 1.5m untrimmed, but you can clip it to suit.

As well as being attractive, "Baby Boomer" is also hardy (drought tolerant after the first year), frost tolerant and requires minimal care.  It grows best in full sun or part shade and would make an attractive addition to any garden.

7" pot size.

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Foeniculum vulgare "purpureum"

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