Sweet Annie Organic Seed

Sweet Annie Organic Seed

Artemisia annua

Item #2010

Annual. Sweet Annie is essential for those who love herbal crafts and dried flower bouquets. Also known as sweet wormwood, this variety of artemisia has rapid growth, and greener foliage than other artemisias. Its strong, pleasant, camphor-like fragrance makes it a natural moth repellent! Attractive to bees, butterflies and birds. Deer resistant.




Annual

Full sun

Blooms late summer

4’-6’ tall

Days to Emerge:
10-14 days

Seed Depth:
Press into surface

Seed Spacing:
A pinch of
seeds
every 3’

Thinning:
When 3”-4” tall,
thin to 1
every 3’


When to sow outside: 1 to 2 weeks after average last frost or in fall.

When to start inside: 4 to 6 weeks before average last frost.

Special germination instructions: Requires light to germinate — press seed into soil surface — do not cover; keep moist.

Artist: Jackie McFarland



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