General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Culinary Herb
Dynamic Accumulator: P (Phosphorus)
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Other info: Better to start in place, develops taproot that may be difficult to transplant. If starting indoors start 4-6 weeks before last frost.
Pollinators: Bees

Victory Seed Company sells seeds of Caraway (Carum carvi).

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Common names
  • Caraway
  • Wild Caraway
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Carum carvi
  • Synonym: Carum polyphyllum

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Location: Sandemar nature reserve near Dalarö, Sweden.
Date: June
credit: Rolf Engstrand
Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2013-07-02

photo by H. Zell

credit: Oliver s.
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2012-06-18

Date: June
credit: Rolf Engstrand
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2012-06-18

Photo credit: David J. Stang
Location: Maryland
Date: 2015-07-24

Courtesy Sustainable Seed Company
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 Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi
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lovesblooms On February 28, 2017 Seeds germinated
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