Large, pyramid-shaped plants have fern-like, dark green foliage. Best where summers are cool. Sweet Annie Artemisia is grown mostly for wreath making but has many medicinal uses too.. It is a wonderful, fragrant filler. The ferny plant is very aromatic. Artemisia refers to the Greek goddess Artemis (goddess of hunt, forests and protector of children) who so benefited from this plant that she give it her own name. Sweet Annie is also known as Qing Hao, or Chinese Wormwood and has been used medicinally in China for at least 2,000 years. Traditionally it was seen as an herb that helped “to clear and relieve summer heat.” Qing hao has a cool, bitter taste and is used for conditions brought on by heat, especially with symptoms such as fever, headache & dizziness. It treats chronic fevers, night fevers and morning chills and is a traditional remedy for nosebleeds associated with heat. Easy to grow .Full sun. Approx 400 seeds.
