Description
Wormwood Plant- Artemisia Absinthium
An attractive and interesting perennial herb for the garden.
Ornamental feathery gray-green-silver, with aromatic-bitter foliage.
Small yellow flowers in summer.
Grows up up to 3ft in sunny or partial shade, well drained soil.
- Traditional medicinal uses including for digestion.
- Used in the making of Absinthe and as a hops substitute
- Used as a pest repellent of moths, insects and mice
- Much folklore including its name being derived from the goddess Artemis
NOTE; any herbal and direct use of plants and plant material for medicinal purpose should be done so upon direction of a medical herbalist