Fennel Fronds - Fresh Cut — photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 US, via Wikimedia Commons
Fennel Fronds - Fresh Cut — photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 US, via Wikimedia Commons
Culinary Herbs

Fennel Fronds - Fresh Cut

Edible
$6.00
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The fronds carry a clean sweet anise that is lighter and greener than the bulb, closer to a herb than a vegetable.
Size: 2 oz Clamshell
Quantity
Fennel Fronds - Fresh Cut — photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 US, via Wikimedia Commons
Culinary Herbs

Fennel Fronds - Fresh Cut

$6.00
Fennel Fronds - Fresh Cut — photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 US, via Wikimedia Commons
Culinary Herbs

Fennel Fronds - Fresh Cut

$6.00
Size: 2 oz Clamshell
Description

Wrap loosely and refrigerate for up to a week. Use like dill - raw over fish, citrus and potatoes, or stirred in at the end. The tender stalks are worth keeping for stock.

Specifications
  • Grown in: Lineville, Alabama (no pesticides)
  • Freshness: Harvested at peak and sold fresh
  • Availability: Seasonal - local Alabama delivery & pickup
  • Storage: Wrapped loosely and refrigerated - up to a week
Care Instructions
  • Light: Grown in full sun all day, which is what builds the anise oils
  • Water: Grown on deep, less frequent watering once the taproot is down
  • Soil: Grown in deep, well-drained ground with room for a long taproot; fennel is left in place rather than moved, and it is kept away from the dill beds because the two cross readily.
  • Feeding: Fed lightly in early spring and then left alone for the season.
Growing Zone

No hardiness zone on this one — it's harvested and sold to eat, not to plant. If you're after the plant itself rather than the crop, check our starters and herb plants.

Questions & Answers

Is this the bulb or the fronds?
The fronds - the fine, feathery leaves and their tender stems. This is not the swollen white bulb sold as a vegetable. The fronds are softer and more perfumed, closer to dill in texture than to celery.

What does it taste like?
Clean anise with a green, almost grassy finish. It is sweeter and less medicinal than dried fennel seed, and it fades quickly with heat.

What is it good for?
Raw, mostly - scattered over fish, folded through citrus salads, or blitzed into a green sauce. The thicker stems are worth keeping to lay under a roasting fish.

Will it hold up to cooking?
Not for long. Add fronds in the last minute or as a finish. The stems take heat better and can go in earlier.

Shipping & Returns

Alabama only. This one is picked fresh and never leaves the state.

Where it goes

Local delivery and farm pickup within Alabama. We don't ship produce, microgreens, cut herbs or edible flowers out of state — they're picked at peak and wouldn't survive the trip.

What it costs

$9.95 local delivery, free over $75.

Pickup

Free at the farm in Lineville, or find us at the Clay County and Acworth farmers markets.

When

Cut to order. We'll reach out to set a delivery or pickup time, usually within a day or two of your order.

Refrigerate on arrival. Fresh items are best within a few days.

Why we only ship Mondays and Tuesdays

A plant in a dark box is on a clock. Shipping early in the week means it reaches you before the weekend instead of sitting in a warehouse from Friday to Monday. It costs us a day or two of lead time and saves a lot of plants.

Practically: an order placed Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or over the weekend goes out the following Monday. We'd rather tell you that now than let you find it in a tracking number.

How long it takes once it leaves

Typical ground transit from Lineville, Alabama after the ship day. Estimates, not guarantees — weather and carrier backlogs happen.

  • 1–2 days Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky
  • 2–3 days The rest of the Southeast and Midwest, Texas, the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast
  • 3–5 days The Plains, the Mountain West and the West Coast

Tracking is emailed the moment your box is scanned.

If something arrives unhappy

A little leaf drop or travel stress is normal and usually sorts itself out within a week or two of settling in. If a plant arrives genuinely damaged, email support@wadegreens.com within 48 hours of delivery with a photo of the plant and the box, and we'll make it right.

Plant Traits

The facts that decide whether it takes root, in the order that matters.

Sunlight

Full Sun (6+ hrs)

Six or more hours of direct sun. With less it stretches toward the light and flowering thins out.

Water

Moderate

Water when the top inch of soil is dry. Evenly damp, never standing wet.

Mature Size

Under 1 ft

Where it settles once established. Plan the spacing for this, not for the size it arrives at.

Foliage

Herbaceous

Soft-stemmed. It dies back to the ground and returns from the roots — the top going brown is the plan, not a failure.

Works As

Edible Garden · Cut Flowers

Traits

  • EdibleSome part of it is grown to be eaten. We grow without pesticides, so it needs nothing more than a rinse.
  • FragrantVolatile oils released by warmth. Scent peaks in afternoon heat or at dusk depending on which pollinator the flower is built for.

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