Types | Image | Uses |
Bouquet | ![]() | This variety gets its name because it’s often used in cut flower bouquets, thanks to its tall stems and big, showy umbels of bright yellow flowers. It features beautiful dark green foliage, which makes it ideal if you want an ornamental plant for your garden that is also edible. This variety of dill does it all. Perhaps that’s why it’s one of the most commonly grown types.
If you want to make pickles, this is an exceptional option thanks to its abundant seeds. It’s also frequently used for making a soothing tea. Bouquet dill plants grow up to two feet tall at maturity, and the leaves are ready for harvest in approximately 2 months. Quick to flower; only 85-100 days. |
Compatto | ![]() | Compatto dill is a compact variety with blue-green foliage and a bold, aromatic taste. Plants grow to a diminutive 12-18 inches tall at maturity, and is slow to bolt. Plants are somewhat drought and heat tolerant. Leaves are ready to harvest in just 40-50 days. It’s the perfect size if you’re looking for a container herb. |
Delikat | ![]() | Delikat has abundant, thick, dense foliage. It’s a reliable producer, and has a heavy leaf and seed yields compared to other dill varieties. It grows about 10-24 inches tall at maturity and foliage is ready to harvest in about 40 days, with seeds maturing in 90 days. |
Dukat | ![]() | Dukat dill, also known as ‘Tetra,’ is a Danish variety that is slower to bolt than other types. With an intense flavor, it’s a good option if your primary goal is to harvest the leaves for cooking.
The variety boasts a high oil content, which makes it especially aromatic and flavorful. Plants top out at about one to two feet tall at maturity, which makes it very suitable for growing in a pot. The leaves are ready for harvest in 40-50 days, and the seeds are good to go in about 90-100 days. |
Elephant | ![]() | Elephant dill is a late-flowering cultivar that is slow to bolt. This will facilitate a longer season of clipping the dark green leaves. Mild-flavored, the leaves mature in between 60-90 days, and seeds are ready at 110-140 days.
With a mature height of four feet tall and a spread of two feet, ‘Elephant’ can be planted in borders or raised garden beds. |
Fernleaf | ![]() | A winner of the All-America Selections award in 1992, Fernleaf dill matures to a petite 18 inches tall, with a compact growth habit. It’s ideal for growing in a container or a small herb garden. The leaves have a bushy fern-like appearance.
Fernleaf also makes a beautiful specimen plant in the ornamental garden, or it is suited to growing in a container indoors. After cutting, the leaves retain their flavor for longer than some other varieties. ‘Fernleaf’ is ready to harvest in 40-60 days for the leaves, and 90-100 days for the seeds. |
Greensleeves | ![]() | Greensleeves, sometimes referred to with the alternate spelling "Green Sleeves", is resistant to bolting and produces an abundance of dark green leaves with a sweet, mild flavor. It grows to a relatively compact height of 30 inches tall, and has a long harvest window. Suitable for growing in containers, you can harvest the leaves in 45 days. Seeds mature in about 100 days. |
Hera | ![]() | Hera dill is slow to bolt and has dark green, almost blue leaves. Considered a “bunching” variety, the fragrant leaves mature in about 40-60 days. The seeds are ready in approximately 100 days. Growing to a compact size of 12-18 inches at maturity, Hera works well for container growing. |
Herkules | ![]() | Herkules dill, also known as "Hercules", grows to an impressive three feet tall at maturity, with lots of long, arching leaves. It produces massive flower heads and is slow to bolt. Theolder leaves tend to lose some flavor, and plants may need to be staked because of their height.
This is a great option if you want to attract beneficial insects like bees and butterflies. Pluck the leaves after 40-60 days. The seeds are mature in between 90 and 100 days. |
Mammoth Long Island | ![]() | Mammoth Long Island dill, aka "Mammoth" or just "Long Island dill", is a large cultivar. It averages about three feet tall, but in the right conditions, it can grow up to six feet at maturity.
It’s popular for its large, flavorful leaves that are perfect for chopping up and sprinkling on fish. Because of its large size, this variety may require staking. The leaves are ready to harvest after just 65 days, and the seeds are ripe around 110 days after planting. |
Superdukat | ![]() | Superdukat dill is a heavy producer that is very slow to flower. The plant's abundant foliage has a high oil content, for an intensely aromatic flavor and can grow up to five feet tall at maturity.
Plants tend to grow uniformly and quite straight, and stems may need staking. It takes 40-50 days to reach leaf harvest and 90-100 days for seeds. |
Teddy | ![]() | Teddy grows fast, with dense foliage in an upright form. This cultivar has thicker leaves than the typically fine, delicate structure typical of other dill plants.
A dwarf variety, Teddy dill is a good candidate for container growing. The leaves are ready in 45-55 days and the seeds can be harvested in between 95 and 115 days. |
Vierling | ![]() | Vierling is an heirloom variety with dark blue leaves and thick stems. It is slow to bolt. The seed heads are popular with commercial florists for use in cut flower arrangements. In the garden, it attracts beneficial insects and pollinators.
Vierling tops out at about 36-60 inches tall at maturity. This dill weed is ready to harvest in 45 days, and the seeds are ready in 95 days. |