Barely cover seed
Mist; seed is tiny.
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A seed worth growing
A sweetly scented everlasting.
Tall plants carry finely divided, deep green leaves sprinkled with minute creamy yellow blooms, with a sweet fragrance that lasts after drying.
Use it in wreaths and as filler in mixed bouquets. Also called sweet wormwood or sweet sagewort.
Ready to cut about 120 days from sowing, on plants 48–72" tall. Open-pollinated. Certified organic seed.
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Growing times vary with weather, soil and local conditions.
Mist; seed is tiny.
12–24" apart.
Fresh or dried.
Up to 6 ft.
About 7–21 days, held at 70–75°F (21–24°C).
Sow 5–6 weeks before planting out and barely cover. Water from below or mist so the tiny seed isn't buried. Pot up at the second set of true leaves; harden off and plant out after frost.
After frost, in rows rather than broadcast, covered lightly. Keep moist and thin to spacing.
12–24".
Average soil.
Full sun.
Cut once flower heads have formed along the stems; use fresh or hang to dry.
Grown as an annual.
48–72".
Artemisia annua
500 seeds.
About 585,700 on average.
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