Pimpinella anisum
Anise
Common names: True Anise, Sweet Caraway
Photo: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen · Public Domain · Source
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Description
Anise provides the sweet‑spicy seeds that give Christmas pastries, bread, and tea their characteristic flavor. The heat‑loving annual plant requires a long, sunny summer for the seeds to mature.
Care instructions
Sow seeds at the end of April in a fully sunny, sheltered spot in loose, lime‑rich soil, transplanting is not tolerated, so sow directly in place. Keep the bed evenly moist and weed‑free. Harvest the seed heads in August and September when they turn gray‑brown.
Soil & site
Soil pH
Soil type
humus-rich, well-drained, lime-loving, nutrient-rich
Feeding
Light feeder
Companion planting
Good neighbors
amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae)
Umbellifers and alliums confuse each other's pests (carrot fly, onion fly).
For example GarlicOnionLeekChivesDaffodilRocambole and 12 more species in the catalogue
Source: classic companion planting (DACH-Gartenpraxis)
daisy family (Asteraceae)
Calendula and Tagetes next to carrots keep the carrot fly away with their scent.
For example Head lettuceTagetes patulaCalendulaSunflowerCommon coneflowerFall Aster and 57 more species in the catalogue
Source: classic companion planting (DACH-Gartenpraxis)
cabbage family (Brassicaceae)
You can pair celery and dill with all Brassicaceae because they repel the cabbage whitefly with their scent, a proven companion.
For example White cabbageKohlrabiRadishKalebroccolicauliflower and 34 more species in the catalogue
Source: Bio-Gärtnerei Mixed-culture Practice
legume family (Fabaceae)
Peas and beans provide carrot and celery with nitrogen and grow as shallow-rooted plants without competition next to each other.
For example PeaBush beanPole beanBroad beanMarker peaSugar pea and 31 more species in the catalogue
Source: classic companion planting (DACH-Gartenpraxis)
Companion planting is partly traditional gardening lore. Where the reason is known, it is given.
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