How to prune anise

Harvest foliage as needed throughout the growing season; collect seeds when ripe in late summer. Snip fresh leaves from the outer stems as needed. To harvest seed, cut the whole seed head when the seeds begin to turn grey-brown, place in a paper bag, and dry. No shaping pruning is needed or beneficial.

Harvest as needed; no formal pruning required. Anise (Pimpinella anisum) is an annual herb grown primarily for its seeds and foliage. It does not require pruning in the traditional sense. Harvest leaves as needed throughout the season. Allow plants to flower and set seed if seed harvest is your goal. There is no pruning regime — simply harvest what you need and pull spent plants at season end.

Snip fresh leaves from the outer stems as needed. To harvest seed, cut the whole seed head when the seeds begin to turn grey-brown, place in a paper bag, and dry. No shaping pruning is needed or beneficial.