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	Fennel 'Bronze' 4" Pot remove	Banksia Rose 'Yellow' 6" Pot remove
Name	Fennel 'Bronze' 4" Pot remove	Banksia Rose 'Yellow' 6" Pot remove
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Description	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.	Rosa banksiae The Banksia Rose is a tough evergreen climbing rose with soft ruffled yellow flowers which appear in Spring. Like Iceberg Roses, it's prized as a disease resistant and hardy rose. It works well as a groundcover rose or a climber when given a support such as a trellis. The Banksia rose is an incredibly useful and versatile climber or groundcover as it is low maintenance, thornless and tolerates full sun and part shade. 6"/14cm pot size.
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Additional information	botanical name Foeniculum vulgare "purpureum"	height x width Climber to 3-4m planting distance For hedge or screen: 70cm conditions Very hardy, likes full sun and well-drained soil landscape use fences, screens, cover unattractive sheds, pergolas, arbors, rotundas, trellis