Dill (Anethum graveolens) is a short lived annual that dies after producing seed heads.
It is in the Parsley or Carrot family.
This plant attracts butterflies and does quite well in Zones 6-9.
This popular herb can be planted in containers and indoors.
Seeds can easily be started indoors and eventually moved out into the garden.
An excellent variety that is slow to go to seed with an extended cutting season is Fernleaf with a mature height of about eighteen inches and a width of sixteen to twenty four inches.
Seed of the Dill Herb plant are used as a spice and the leaves both fresh and dried are made use of as herbs.