Plant type: Perennial tender herb. Light: Sun, light shade, shade. Size: Florence fennel; grows to 4 feet into a bushy beautiful beautiful green plant. Bronze fennel; grows to 4 feet into a bushy beautiful bronze plant.Zones: 4 - 9 Water: Average. Soil: Grows best in rich moist soil. Propagation: Seed. Note: Host or larval food plant for the Eastern Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes butterfly and the Anise Swallowtail Papilio zelicaon butterfly.lant type: Perennial tender herb. Light: Sun, light shade, shade. Size: Florence fennel; grows to 4 feet into a bushy beautiful beautiful green plant. Bronze fennel; grows to 4 feet into a bushy beautiful bronze plant.
The giant clam is considered a delicacy in Japan (known as himejako), France, South East Asia and many Pacific Islands. Some Asian foods include the meat from the muscles of clams.On the black market, giant clam shells are sold as decorative accoutrements.any small clams die at this stage. The clam is considered a juvenile when it reaches a length of 20 cm. It is difficult to observe the growth rate of T. gigas in the wild, but laboratory-reared giant clams have been observed to grow 12 cm a year.
Fun Facts. 1  Hard clams, also commonly called Quahog, were of great cultural significance to the Native Americans of Southern New England. 2  Native Americans cut beads from the inside of their shells for use in their art work.3  The beads were also used as currency, called wampum.arvesting Hard Clams. The hard clam is a commercially important species that is harvested both by commercial fishermen (baymen) or by the recreational clammer. Hard clams are classified by size for the food market. The smallest size is the littleneck clam, followed by topnecks, cherrystones and chowders.