Artemisia absinthium (wormwood or grand wormwood)
Scientific name: Artemisia absinthium
Characteristics
It is a medicinal herbaceous perennial with a hard, woody rhizome. The stems are straight. It grows to between 80 and 120 cm (rarely 150 cm) and is silvery green in colour. The leaves, arranged spirally, are greyish green on the upper surface and white underneath, covered with silvery white hairs and with oil-producing glands; […]
They do not usually react well to excessive watering.
Full sun.
Wormwood grows without difficulty in poor, sandy soils. It grows spontaneously in uncultivated fields and on arid, rocky hillsides. It grows very well in fertile soils that are not too heavy. It prefers nitrogen-rich soil.
From early summer to early autumn.
It easily withstands temperatures below 0 ºC.
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