How to Grow Artemisia absinthium Plants in your Garden

Artemisia absinthium Growing and Care Guide

• Scientific Name: Artemisia absinthium
• Common Name: Wormwood, Grand wormwood, Absinthe, Absinthium, Absinthe wormwood.
• Growing Zone: USA: 4 to 9
• Life Cycle / Plant Type: Herbaceous, Perennial

Plant Details

• Plant Height (Inches): 36 to 48
• Plant Spread (Inches): 18 to 24
• Time of Bloom: Late summer
• Flower Details: Yellow
• Leaf Foliage: Silver
• Fruit:
• Growth Form: Upright / erect

Ideal Growing Conditions

• Best Light Conditions: Full sunlight
• Rate of Growth: Average pace
• Suitable Soil Types: cidic, Clay, Loamy, Neutral, Sandy, Well drained
• Soil Moisture: Dry

Caring Conditions

• Care:
• Level of Maintenance: Medium
• Propagation: Seedin containers in a cold frame in autumn or spring. Root stem tips or heeled sideshoots asgreenwoodcuttings in early summer.
• How to Prune: Prune every spring to enhance flowering and tidy up plants.
• Pests: Prone toaphidsand a gall midge
• Diseases: Generally trouble free

Further Information

• Can Attract:
• Tolerant of: Rabbit, Deer, Drought, Erosion, Dry Soil
• Best Garden Use: Border, Ground cover, Seashore
• Family:
• Closely Related Species:
• Miscellaneous: Attractive foliage, Non-native to North America, Naturalizing, Suitable for dried flowers. Used to flavour the Absinth drink.
• Genus Detail: Artemisia
• Further Reading and References: Here and Here