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Absinthe with wormwood3/27/2023 ![]() Plant in good potting soil sow seeds on the soil surface and press in. Seeds are very small - starting seeds indoors is recommended.If wormwood is planted as a hedge around the vegetable garden it can act as a barrier helping to prevent soil organisms from travelling into the vegetables and may even confuse pests such as carrot fly! It is secreted through the roots and can wash off to plants around it, causing them to become stunted and may die. Dont plant wormwood too close to plants you treasure it contains large amounts of absinthin which is a water soluble growth inhibiting toxin. Drought tolerant. A bitter taste and sharp aroma is disliked by most wildlife making it idea for gardens with deer and rabbits. Plants can reach 2-3 feet wide and make an impressive display of silver green foliage. Wormwood forms large clumps spreading by underground rhizomes and sends up new shoots which aid to increase its size. These have grooved stems with spirally arranged silvery leaves topped with cascading panicles of small (1/8 in wide) yellow flowers on dangling stalks flowers are tiny composite flowers, almost globular in shape, and flower from mid summer to mid fall. Plants put up tall upright flowering stems that can reach 3 feet in height in the second year. The leaves and flowers have a bitter odour which some report as similar to sage with bitter overtones. Leaves are gray-green or silver-green on both sides, and covered in fine silvery hairs. ![]() Each leaf stem is light green (almost white) and it develops pairs of leaflets that are deeply cut or lobed leaflets can be up to 3 in and the whole leaf can be about 12 in long. Wormwood is a very attractive and hardy perennial in its first year, plants produce a small mound of deeply cut lacy composite leaves. Wormwood, is also known as Absintalsem, Absinth Sagewort, Absinth Wormwood, Absinthe, Absinth Ajenjo, Ajenjo Oficial, Common Wormwood, Feuilles Ameres, Niga-Yomogi, Old Woman, Oldman, Pelin, Wormswood, wermuth, wermud, and Green Ginger and stems from the (Saxon), Wor-mod (Old English), and is a moderately poisonous Artemisia species as it contains thujone compounds. Artemisia - Absinthe (Artemisia absinthium) Absinthe Wormwood Mugwort Wermout Heirloom Herb
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