Dukat Dill has a high essential oil content and is the sweetest of all dills. Dukat Dill is aromatic and never bitter or overly pungent. The leaves are used fresh or dried in in dips, salads, soups, and sauces. Dukat Dill has exceptionally large seed heads while the leaves hold longer than other varieties of dill. Dukat Dill is a European selection from Mammoth Dill. Dukat Dill was bred for high essential oil content, which gives it a delicate aromatic fragrance and flavor. The seeds are used as a spice while the leaves are used fresh in pickling.
- Botanical Name: Anethum graveolens
- Life Cycle: Annual
- Light Requirement: Full Sun
- Planting Season: Spring
- Plant Type: Self-Seeding Bush Plant with Feathery Greenery
- Features: Heirloom, Container Garden, Easy to Grow & Maintain, Fast Growing, Culinary, Deer Resistant
- Plant Height: 2-4 feet
- Days to Maturity: 85 Days
- Plant Spacing: 18 inches
- Planting Depth: 1/4 inch
- Sowing Method: Start Indoors, Direct Sow
- Cold Stratification: No
- Hardiness Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9