Artemisia Seeds - Wormwood
(Artemisia absinthium) Perennial. 2 years to maturity. Zones 3-9.
Wormwood Artemisia is an herbaceous perennial that brings texture and colour to the garden, with aromatic dusty grey-green leaves and yellow-green flowers. Traditionally used as a medicinal plant, with strengths in purging parasites.
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Growth Habit: Upright growth to 6 feet height, with tall, branching stems that are woody at the base; long, serrated leaves, divided, with soft, silky hairs; and many small, drooping florets. It spreads by underground rhizomes, sending up new shoots.
Sun Requirements: Full sun to part shade
Soil Preference: Rich, moist well drained soil.
When to Plant: Sow seeds indoors 6-8 weeks before last Spring frost OR direct seed outdoors in early Spring OR Fall.
How to Plant:
Direct sow: sow seeds on soil surface and cover only very lightly with soil, as seeds need light to germinate. Seeds should germinate in 21-28 days. Thin young plants 2-3 feet apart.
Transplant: sow seeds on soil surface and cover only very lightly with soil, as seeds need light to germinate. Seeds should germinate in 21-28 days. Transplant young seedlings outside in Spring and space seedlings 2-3 feet apart.
When / How to Harvest: Harvest Wormwood in mid Summer of its second year, when flowers are in bloom. Cut the whole plant to the ground, leaving the roots.
Uses: Wormwood has many medicinal uses.
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