Dill Certified Organic

Dill (Anethum graveolens) is the herb that belongs in every kitchen garden — an easy, generous, self-seeding annual that produces abundant feathery fronds with a distinctive flavor that blends celery and fennel into something entirely its own. The fresh green leaves are outstanding with fish, seafood, potatoes, eggs, and dips, and the seed heads are the essential pickling ingredient that gives homemade pickles and preserved vegetables their characteristic tangy, aromatic character. USDA-Certified Organic, cold tolerant to 25°F, and a reliable attractor of beneficial pollinators — including the Eastern black swallowtail butterfly. Zones 2–11.

The Essential Pickling Herb — and So Much More

Dill’s seeds are the most important ingredient in homemade pickles — the aromatic, tangy character that makes a properly fermented cucumber pickle genuinely different from anything commercial. Harvest seed heads just before the seeds ripen and turn tan for the most potent pickling flavor. But dill’s culinary value extends well beyond the pickle jar. Fresh fronds bring their distinctive celery-fennel character to fish, smoked salmon, sour cream dips, potato salads, deviled eggs, and cucumber salads — classic pairings that have defined dill’s place in European and American cooking for centuries.

USDA-Certified Organic — Ready to Plant

Every Stark Bro’s Dill arrives USDA-Certified Organic, potted in quality soil, and ready to plant. Harvest green fronds throughout the growing season until the umbrella-like flower clusters begin to open. Once the plant flowers, frond production slows — timing harvests ahead of flowering and succession planting through the season keeps fresh dill available continuously.

A Host Plant for the Eastern Black Swallowtail

Dill’s feathery fronds serve as a primary host plant for the Eastern black swallowtail butterfly — one of the most beautiful and beloved native butterfly species in North America. Planting dill as part of a pollinator garden invites both the caterpillars that feed on the foliage and the adult butterflies that visit the yellow flowers. The self-seeding habit means a single planting often returns year after year without replanting in most conditions.

Why Growers Love Dill

• Essential pickling herb — the distinctive aromatic seed heads that define homemade pickles
• USDA-Certified Organic — arrives potted in quality soil, ready to plant
• Celery-fennel flavor — fresh fronds outstanding with fish, seafood, potatoes, and eggs
• Eastern black swallowtail host plant — invites one of North America’s most beautiful butterflies
• Cold tolerant to 25°F — more resilient than most annual herbs
• Self-seeding annual — often returns on its own year after year