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Artemisia scoparia
Also known as Virgate or Capillary Wormwood, this is a fast growing fragrant herb with a wide distribution across North Africa, temperate and tropical Asia, and through most of Europe.
Artemisia species are known for the powerful chemical constituents in their essential oils – substances such as terpenoids, flavonoids, coumarins, caffeoylquinic acids,and sterols which have been extracted for medicinal and other uses such as insecticides, antimalarials, cytotoxins, antihepatotoxic, fungicides, antibacterials, and allelochemicals.
The aerial parts od Redstem Wormwood yield a volatile essential oil with insecticidal, antibacterial, anticholesterolemic, antipyretic, antiseptic, cholagogue, diuretic, purgative, and vasodilatory activities. It is an important herb in Chinese medicine, where it is known as Yin-chen, and is used for draining dampness, and in the treatment of jaundice, hepatitis and inflammation of the gall bladder. It is said to inhibit staphylococcus and streptococcus and potentially deserves more attention in treating staph infections. The cooked leaves can be eaten as a herb.
Easy to grow in a well-drained neutral or slightly alkaline loamy soil, preferring a warm sunny dry position and actually enjoying extremes of hot and cold temperatures. Established plants are drought tolerant and very frost hardy. Artemisia scoparia has a variable life-cycle that can be annual, biennial or perennial. The plant produces much-branched stems that can grow 40 – 90cm tall, exceptionally to 130cm. Artemisias tend to be longer lived, more hardy and more aromatic when they are grown in a poor dry soil.
Certified Organic plant in 9cm pot.
Freight: We can send up to 9 plants this size (in 9cm pots) for the same freight price or they can be combined with other grades but this will incur higher freight costs.
N.B. Shipping costs are added AFTER you have placed your order, you will then be emailed an invoice with bank details.
Smallest box rate:
This can fit up to 9 plants in 9cm pots.
Shipping a single tree can be expensive. We may be able to fit more in the box for the same price! See our shipping rates for single and multi tree boxes.
Combining sizes?
No problem, we will work out the best rate for you once you’ve placed your order.
Jo has a passion for growing herbs but is not a qualified herbalist and has no medical background.
We are lucky to have Patricia Beagle working here at times, who is qualified, and some of her advice does appear on these pages, but herbs act differently for different people and can interact with other medicines. We therefore always recommend that you consult with your own qualified health-care practitioner before using herbal products, particularly if you are pregnant, nursing or on any medications.
Kahikatea Farm cannot take any responsibility for any adverse effects from the use of the plants or a plant not having the effect it is reputed to have.
