It does it with seed. It's seeds can be viable for 10 years. If you keep it shorn, and don't let it bolt, you can get a good long (hot) season out of it. Let one or two plants bolt, and they'll keep you in new Dill forever, and it's easy to control where it grows. As you can no doubt see, the seedlings are easy to recognize.

PS..don't plant it near Fennel if you're going to let it bolt. They like to fool around together. ;>)

I planted dill once.... that is all it took,.. I had it for years :)

I have them sprouting here and there--and everywhere ;-O

Thank goodness for that scuffle hoe, but some have made it into the kitchen to be chopped up for cooking. Yum! Fresh dill is soooooo much better than dried.

Same here....self-sown sprouts for days! I have the Mammoth Dill that grow to about 5' tall with huge umbles. I just allow some to bolt and collect seeds when they are brown and dry...scatter some where I want them and take the rest.

Vera

I didn't get around to ws any dill, but I did direct sow them but so far no show. I really dislike direct sowing I've remembered. It is not easy to keep them consistently moist unless you are watering them 2 or 3 times a day. So I am wondering if I should just get a container and start them that way. It is not too late, right?

Thanks! I finally remembered it's the Black Swallowtail which uses it as a host plant for it's cats.

First we planted for the Monarchs, then we planted for the White Admirals, this year it's the Swallowtail... Ummm, which visitor do we want next year? :O) I'm starting to really like this hobby!

Prairiemoon, I doubt it's too late. These things took off like no other plant I've sown. They are about 4 inches high right now and won't stop growing. 'Tis a good thing - I like it! I'd go for it if I were you.

Oh, I'm assuming it's a perennial????? Oops!

I think they're annual. I often get them confused with fennel which really isn't too similar, but it's whispy and tall and also attracts butterflies and caterpillars. I grow Bronze Fennel and that appears to be perennial. I've heard about reseeding but it hasn't happened yet in my garden.

Bronze fennel & dill are both host plants for swallowtails. I actually have trouble growing dill in the garden - it does ok in containers for me, though. But haven't seen any reseeders!

Bronze fennel is reliably perennial for me.

Dill is most definatley an annual....once they bolt and seeds mature they die. Our only Swallowtail around here is the Western Swallowtail which have whole different host plants: Aspen, Willow, Poplar, Alder and Ash.

Vera

Aahhh. An annual. Tells you have much I know about Dill. :O)

Checked out the Bronze Fennel. Sounds interesting. Might get that next year.

Thanks again!