How to Grow Artemisia absinthium Plants in your Garden

Quick Artemisia absinthium Growing and Care Guide

• Scientific name: Artemisia absinthium
• Common Name: Wormwood
• Growing Zone (USA): 4 to 9
• Life Cycle/Type: Herbaceous, Perennial

Plant Details

• Plant Height (Inches): 36 to 48
• Plant Spread (Inches): 18 to 24
• Time of Bloom: Late summer
• Color of Bloom: Yellow
• Leaf Foliage Detail: Silver
• 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
• Moisture: Dry

Caring Conditions

• 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 Attact:
• Tolerant of: Rabbit, Deer, Drought, Erosion, Dry Soil
• Best used in: Border, Ground cover, Seashore
• Miscellaneous : Attractive foliage, Non-native to North America, Naturalizing, Suitable for dried flowers. Used to flavour the Absinth drink.
• Genus Detail: Artemisia
• Further Reading: Here and Here