Anise

Anise is grown for sweetly fragrant seed with a familiar licorice-like flavor used in baking, tea, cordials, spice blends, and traditional remedies. Its fine foliage and delicate white flower umbels also bring an airy look to the herb garden.

Direct sow after the soil has warmed and give plants a long, sunny season. Let the flower heads dry fully before gathering the seed for kitchen use or saving.