Unlike many plants considered invasive, fennel does everything it can to ingratiate itself into the garden. Its leaves are attractive -- feathery and delicate -- and the umbrella-shaped blooms of ...

Versatile fennel can make a soothing tea, an interesting licorice-flavored herb, or a crunchy, celery-like addition to main dishes. (For details on growing many other vegetables and fruits, visit our ...

The plant: Fennel has flourished in my garden for a long time. It’s one of my special herb picks for superb flavor as well as its majestic yet airy form that adds elegance to the garden. The ...

Makenna Held, the author of Mostly French and a cooking teacher based in France, didn’t always like fennel. She found it overpowering and aggressively anise-forward. It wasn’t until she moved to ...

If you think of fennel just as that big white bulb you buy at the store or at the farmers' market, it's time to try a new gustatory delight: wild fennel. It is the rogue version of the cultivated ...

It’s hard to think about winter in Southern California without fennel. The stuff covers hillsides up and down the coast. You can even find it growing like a common weed in vacant lots. Well, a weed is ...

Q. We love fennel bulbs in salads and use the foliage in salt-crusted fish and other dishes. I put fennel plants in the garden this spring. How do I know when the bulb is ready to harvest? Will the ...