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4Will it grow where I live?
Sweet Wormwood is an annual and grows outdoors across Central Europe – one season from spring sowing to autumn harvest. It also needs warm summers – in Central Europe that means wine-growing regions, cities or a sheltered south-facing wall.
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Profile
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Habit
- annual
- Height
- 3 m
- Spread
- 1 m
- Growth
- very fast
- Lifespan
- 1 year
- First yield
- after 1 year
- Hardiness
- zone 7–9
- Shade tolerance
- light shade
- Soil
- Sand, Silt
- Soil moisture
- dry – very moist
- pH
- 5.3 – 8
Uses
Frequently asked questions
Sweet Wormwood: how big does it get?
Sweet Wormwood (Artemisia annua) grows as a annual and reaches roughly 3 m in height when mature, with a spread of about 1 m. Growth is very fast.
Sweet Wormwood: what site does it need?
Sweet Wormwood tolerates light shade. Suitable soils are Sand, Silt. Soil moisture should be in the range dry – very moist. The pH may lie between 5.3 and 8.
Sweet Wormwood: is it hardy?
Sweet Wormwood is listed as hardy in zone 7–9 and survives normal winters outdoors there.
Sweet Wormwood: will it grow in Central Europe?
Sweet Wormwood is an annual and grows outdoors across Central Europe – one season from spring sowing to autumn harvest. It also needs warm summers – in Central Europe that means wine-growing regions, cities or a sheltered south-facing wall.
Sweet Wormwood: is it poisonous?
Individual parts of Sweet Wormwood are noted as mildly problematic — the plant does not count as poisonous. With wild plants, never rely on a database alone, only on a confident identification.
Sweet Wormwood: what is it used for?
Rated on a scale up to 10: Edible 1/10, Medicinal 9/10, Other uses 4/10.
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Community experience
What Permaplans users wrote about this plant – taken from the app as is. 1 post.
Artemisia annua für die Gartenapotheke: Sehr leicht zu kultivierende Pflanze, samt sich über den Herbst selbst wieder aus. Verpflanzung wird gut vertragen. Starke Wirkung: Anwendung getrocknet als Tee (max.1. Tasse am Tag) oder Tinktur, äußerlich durch Ölauszug in Salben. Vorsicht bei Kreuzblütler-Unverträglichkeiten. Starker Eigengeschmack, ist nicht jedermanns Sache. Zur Stärkung allgemein, bei Infekten, (auch Malaria), Ekzemen, Magen-Darm. Mediziner nutzen synthetische Artemisia-Infusionen t.w. komplementär zu Chemotherapie, um deren Nebenwirkungen abzuschwächen und die "Verträglichkeit" zu steigern.
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