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Description: Wormwood, Common

Common Wormwood - Artemisia absinthium (latin)

Area of origin: Europe, North Africa
Adult dimensions: Height up to 1 m, width up to 1 m
Foliage: Semi-persistent
Soil type: Light, dry, well-drained
Hardiness: Hardy to -25°C
Exposure: Partial shade to full sun
Density of plantation: 1/m²


Properties and uses:
Common Wormwood is a bushy aromatic plant with silvery-green foliage. The leaves and stems give this plant its unique fragrance. Common Wormwood is a prolific bloomer, the tubular yellow flowers last all summer. Once settled, Common Wormwood doesn’t need much water and tolerates long periods of drought. In your vegetable garden, Wormwood manure is a good insect repellent against imported cabbageworm, the fly of beans seedlings and aphids. It is also a good fungicide against some kinds of rust. Finally, it repels snails and slugs.

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