Description

Le carvi, également connu sous le nom de fenouil méridien et cumin de Perse, est une plante bisannuelle de la famille des Apiacées, originaire d'Asie occidentale, d'Europe et d'Afrique du Nord.

Comme de nombreux membres de la famille des carottes, le Carum carvi ou carvi possède un feuillage et des fruits à la saveur épicée et a été introduit en Amérique du Nord comme herbe culinaire. Sa racine de première année est également comestible et peut être préparée comme des carottes ou du panais.

Spécifications

  • Plant Name: Caraway (Carum carvi)
  • Cultivar Type: Heirloom, Open-Pollinated
  • Plant Class: Culinary Herb & Spice Crop (Biennial)
  • Color: Deep green feathery foliage, lacy white-to-pale-pink floral umbels, dark brown crescent seeds
  • Plant Characteristics: First-year compact rosette, second-year tall branching flower stalks, aromatic foliage
  • seeds, taproot growth: seeds, taproot growth
  • Suitable Space: Herb garden beds, vegetable garden rows, cottage borders, pollinator patches
  • Season: Cool Season (Spring through Late Summer harvest in Year 2)
  • Best Time for Sowing (Zone 6b): Direct sow outdoors in late April to May as soon as soil can be worked; or direct sow in late autumn for natural early spring germination.
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What is included?

Contains about 1 gram of seeds

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Good to know
  • Highly aromatic seed harvest delivering essential flavor for artisanal rye baking, fermentation, and European cuisine
  • Beautiful lacy white flowers act as a major attractant for beneficial predatory insects, parasitic wasps, and native pollinators
  • Highly cold-hardy biennial that overwinters reliably in northern climates
  • Requires patience, as primary seed harvests occur in the second growing season
  • Develops a deep taproot that makes established plants difficult to move or transplant successfully

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