Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare, is almost always monoclinous (hermaphroditic) but occasionally is andromonoecious (having male and hermaphroditic flowers).

Welcome Richard, you're off to a nice start! Nev, I've noticed that number of members from Oz say USA on their member page. That confused me at first too, but maybe it's part of trying to comply with the GW's 5-digit postal code requirement? Some US-based sites are set up that way for reasons I don't quite understand, but since you've all apparently figured out how to get around that I doubt that anybody checks where you really live, so you might as well post it to avoid confusion.

Hello Charlotte, Welcome to GW, it is a "LiveWiki" for gardening in Oklahoma. We also live in Norman near 12th Ave NE and Tecumseh, you can see our garden from road,just apposite to Church. We moved from New England region (NH) in 2008, and still trying hard to acclimatized to the OK summer. I have been using city compost in the last couple of years. I have landscaper who haul me a truck load when compost is really good. I am not sure you get good compost this time of the year? He usually bring early spring or late fall, those are two times composting process is completely done and looks dark and smells great. If you bring other time especially mid summer I guess it may not be good quality. However I am not sure as I not been to facility since 2010. By the way, you are welcome to visit us anytime. This time of the year may not be good, if you come now you see mostly roasted and crispy plants :-( however you are welcome to see pics taken before temp 115. Cheers -Chandra

Thank you all for the warm welcome! :) I am from Ohio. I am married with 2 grown kids, 2 dogs and one goldfish. My favorite leisure activities are nature walks, gardening, reading and visiting the Gardenweb forums. I work full time and am in school for my MSN. I love the kitchen table because all the topics and conversations are so genuine. Sometimes I feel like I am sitting at the kitchen table and listening to a conversation between family and friends when I visit this forum.