Flowering Herbs

[amandaandherveg]

The weather/temps have been all over the place and my dill, curly parsley and chervil have started to flower. I picked the flowers off, was I right to do this - have they had it and do I need to resow?

[coreopsis]

As for dill and parsley-only leaves get harvested so if you let it have the flowers you could save some seeds from them.

[Snadger]

I chew dill and fennel seeds fresh from the plant............the Romans aparrently used them as breath fresheners!

[Two_Sheds]

(my) parsley is biennial, and once it's decided to seed that's its job done. Some are perennial, but I find they get a bit woody if I leave them too long in the ground. I let them seed themselves.

Chervil is annual ... once it's flowered, it's job done. Let them both re-seed themselves.

Dill is perennial ... cut the plant down to an inch of its base as soon as there is any sign of the flower heads developing. With a little luck, the plants will re-grow to produce a second crop in late summer.

[coreopsis]

[QUOTE=Two_Sheds;481930
Dill is perennial ... cut the plant down to an inch of its base as soon as there is any sign of the flower heads developing. With a little luck, the plants will re-grow to produce a second crop in late summer.[/QUOTE]

Never tried to grow dill this way,I might try as I use loads of it.I'm convinced that dill is definitely annual-I'm a bit surprised that it's described as perennial-I never had a plant re-growth.

[sarraceniac]

Dill is a perennial and therefore can last several years. However, it is only hardy down to about -4C, so it is sown from seed each year in this country.