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Hi. I'm new here so hope I'm asking/posting in the right place. Wonder if someone would be good enough to identify this cutting.. Thanks in advance

 

Fennel

 

That was quick! Thanks.

 

Welcome to the forums!

Not just any old Fennel.
That is Foeniculum vulgare 'Purpureum' ....common name bronze fennel.

BBC - Gardening: Plant Finder - Bronze fennel

 

Which is why I was certain it was Fennel, and I wasn't mistaking Dill for Green Fennel.

I grow both green and bronze Fennel, which self seed all over my plots and use them extensively when cooking Mackerel I've caught. The trouble is that overwintering (perrenial) plants run to seed [1] before the Mackerel season's over, so I save seeds to sow each year and produce new plants/leaves which follow on from my established Fennel plants .

[1] But they produce masses of flowers that attract a mass of Hoverflies.