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Trish Brown wrote:

I don't think it's fennel, because fennel gets a thick, fibrous white
base with 'ribs' sort of like celery. The quickest way to tell is to
squish some of the leaves between your fingers: fennel smells strongly
of aniseed.

You are thinking of Florence fennel. There is common fennel, which lacks the
fat base and looks like dill from a distance.

I think it's too coarse even for fennel, and has the wrong growth habit. I'm
betting on cosmos. Pink or white daisy flowers, about a metre high.

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