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.
These are actually all quahogs! The quahog (pronounced coe-hog) is a species of hard-shelled clam and the one we most commonly enjoy in our chowders and po boys. All those other names - from little neck on up - are this same species of clam and just refer to how large the clam has grown. Little Neck: The smallest size of clam, amounting to 7-10 clams per pound.