Wormwood
Item Details
Leaves are used to ward off insects and as a medicinal tonic. Attractive shrubby plants with fine grey-green foliage and numerous yellow flowers in spires, 48-70" tall.
- Conventional
Growing Instructions
Instructions - Sow seeds indoors on surface of soil. Transplant outdoors after danger of frost has passed in late spring. Can also be directly sown outdoors two weeks after the last spring frost. Prefers rich, moist, well-drained soil.
- Start Indoors: 6-8 weeks before last frost
- Germination: 7-10 Days
- Plant Outdoors: 24-36” Apart
- Light: Full Sun
Ratings & Reviews
3 reviews
cage this one
by Maggie
Beware planting this in your garden....you will never get rid of it ! It is highly invasive. I suggest planting in a raised, separated bed or in pots. Makes nice smudge sticks
Beware Wormwood
by Brenda
Beware! This plant is considered a noxious weed in our northern states and easily out of control. Very easily! Wormwood is very hard to eradicate with spray of any kind so if you plant this for any reason do NOT let it go to seed.
**Brenda, when did you purchase the wormwood from us? We do not have record of you getting this variety from us and we have not offered it for several years.
Caveat Emptor!
by Lisa
I want to chime in -- Do not grow this.!! The majority of my gardening time is spent trying to eradicate this plant in my Connecticut garden. Heavily invasive, it is on the state's highly invasive plant list. It does self-seed but most of its growth is from rhizomes. These break off easily, and the tiniest overlooked piece will grow a new plant. I have found mature rhizomes as big around as my arm, and so firmly embedded in the soil that they can support the weight of a 250 lb. man who is trying to pull them out.