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Dill Variety Selector: Which One For Your Garden

Every recommendation below traces back to our full Dill varieties comparison — this page is the fast route to one answer for your specific situation, no clicking through required.

If: Leaf, for the kitchen → Yes, wind is the main issue or Leaf, for the kitchen → Not sure, just give me the safest all-round choice or Not sure, just give me the safest all-round choice

DominoAGM

Domino carries the RHS Award of Garden Merit and is the strongest all-round pick for a windy Scottish plot: it's compact, slow to bolt, and rated good for standing ability, meaning it resists lodging in wind rather than just growing short enough to dodge it. Its stated harvest window, May to September, is longer than any other profiled variety gives a figure for.

If: Leaf, for the kitchen → No, I just want maximum leaf volume and I'm not fussed about awards

Dukat

Dukat is vigorous, producing lots of well-flavoured leaves, with a columnar, upright, bushy habit, and is rated H4, noticeably hardier than Domino's H2. It doesn't carry an award, but if the priority is simply volume of leaf for the kitchen, it's a strong, low-fuss choice.

If: Seed production

Mammoth

Mammoth is vigorous and flowers freely, the same trait that makes it a poor choice for sustained leaf picking is exactly what makes it good for seed, since flowering is the seed stage. It's the tallest profiled variety at 1 to 1.5m, so it's also the one most likely to need staking on an exposed site.

If: Container or small space

Bouquet

Bouquet has the smallest footprint of any variety with a full profile, just 0.1 to 0.5m in both height and spread, and is suited to containers and window boxes. It's explicitly good for seed as well as leaf, making it one of the few varieties that doesn't force a strict choice between the two.

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