Herb / Warm season
Common Anise
Herb seed rows and small pollinator umbels near vegetable beds.
Licorice-scented leaves and seeds.
Seed spacing and maturity
- Days to maturity
- 120
- Germination temperature
- 60-75F
- Seed depth
- 0.25 inches
- Spacing
- 12 inches
- Row spacing
- 18 inches
- Start method
- Direct sow
Frost-date timing
- Direct sow
- 7 days after last frost
Growing profile
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Moderate water during establishment and flowering.
- Soil
- Loose, well-drained soil; roots dislike disturbance.
- Watch
- Avoid transplanting when possible because taproots resent disturbance.
- herb
- seed-crop
- pollinators
- containers
Browse context
- Herb Catalog Category collection
- Carrot Family Rotation and family context
- Warm Season Seeds Season collection
- Direct Sow Seeds Start-method collection
- Container-Friendly Seeds Practical trait collection
- High Pollinator Value Seeds Practical trait collection
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Source: Seed Savers seed saving guide