Anise herb plants for your garden

   Anise produces tall green feathery stems and to around 60cm tall.  The plant has white flowers and produces seed pods which are used in cooking.

Uses:  The  licorice flavoured seeds are used in baking and flavouring sweet rolls and gourmet bread. the seeds are also used when crushed to flavour desserts and fruit salads.  They are also used to create licorice flavoured liqueur.

Growing:  Anise is an annual hardy plant that is grown from seed.   Start the seeds off in punnets and then plant out as seedlings in early spring.   Plant at a depth of around 1cm and space around 15cm apart.   These plants grow in alkaline soil. 

Picking:  Remove the seed heads once they turn brown and shake heads onto some paper and then store seeds in a jar.

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