This cultivar of dill is the most popular because it has been selected for being the most flavoursome and for the uniformity of the foliage.
It's an early flowering type of Dill, with the foliage being a light blue green colour.
The leaves are used to flavour salads, dips, vinegars, and meat, fish and vegetable dishes - with the leaves ready to pick in 45 days.
A herb garden without dill is almost unthinkable, it is so versatile in cooking and is easy to grow, that it is an ideal choice for any garden.
The plant has wispy, feathery leaves, and in midsummer puts out tiny, highly aromatic yellow blooms arranged in clusters.
Dill looks very attractive when planted against a backdrop of marigolds and has an advantage of attracting insects that are beneficial to the garden.
You can use the leaves, flowers and seeds for culinary purposes.
Dill flowers look very pretty when used as a filler in floral arrangements.
Seeds can be used in soups, fish dishes, pickles, dill butter and bread.
The leaves can be boiled with new potatoes and added to egg and salmon dishes - Dill is particularly compatible with fish.
Growing Dill in the garden is very easy.
It is also great for companion planting with cabbages as it attract insect that prey on aphids.
Avoid overplanting and ensure it has good soil.
Direct sow seeds 2mm deep in spring to early autumn into well prepared soil.