Aniseed is a beautiful perennial with pointed flower buds in deep blue purple and has a wonderful and strong scent of anise and mint.
Scientific name (Latin): Agastache foeniculum
Family: Flowering plants (Lamiaceae)
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Tips and care for aniseed
Aniseed is a hardy plant, which means it thrives in flower beds almost all over the country. What is important to keep in mind, however, is that the aniseed needs a sunny and sheltered place to thrive at its best, and the soil must be well-drained. You provide the best conditions if you ensure that the soil is well fertilized and at the same time good at preserving moisture.
Grow aniseed from seed
There are ready-made plants to buy, but it is at least as good to pre-cultivate from seeds. It is done during February to April, where you lightly press the seeds into moist soil, which is then wrapped in plastic and allowed to stand at around 20 degrees. When it sprouts, it should be left bright and cool. Pruning of anise is done in the spring, when you cut right down to ground level.
Perennial – taste, fragrance and beauty
This is a semi-hardy perennial that, despite its tall height, still stands very firmly. It is very beautiful with its pointed flower buds where deep blue-purple flowers grow and strong foliage that smells of mint and grows in a bushy manner. Anyone who really wants something really extra in their flower bed, in their pots or in their balcony boxes is clearly right to choose an aniseed.
The leaves and foliage are what give the flavor and aroma, which is why the leaves are used in many ways to season everything from meat to tea. Due to its endurance, aniseed also copes with drought, cold and heat very well.
Flowering
The anise plant blooms late in the summer, but also blooms for quite a long time. From July into October, you can count on being able to enjoy its beautiful blue-violet flowers in your flower bed or in your pots and boxes.
Quick facts
- Smells of anise and mint.
- The leaves are used to make tea or have as a spice.
- Very popular with butterflies and bees.
- Originates from North America.
- Also called Indian mint, aniseed and fennel hyssop.
- Available in several different species.
- Can grow up to one meter high.
- Perennial.