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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Jan 20 2008 : 11:18:52 AM
I would like some sweet annie, anybody know where I can get it?
NANCY JO
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Jan 21 2008 : 6:57:03 PM
rhonda .. i do believe you are correct .. at least here in kentucky! i had several gurlfrenz looking EVERYWHERE for the seeds .. and we were all told 'it's a WEED!!' .. i'm thinking a good 'herb' shoppe might have some viable seeds or plantlings .. oh gosh .. you should see me EVERY spring .. out in the lawn ... SMELLING the earth and running my hands all over the ground .. hoping that SOMETHING i smell will be 'sweet annie' ... HA! imagine if i end up sniffin' up some poison ivy!! xo
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| abbasgurl |
Posted - Jan 21 2008 : 6:51:34 PM
Nancy,
I think a bundle would do nicely for what you need. You will need to snip it up into short pieces for your sachets. You should be able to take some of the little seeds from this & grow new plants too.
I was reading what Frannie said & if I recall correctly, I think sweet annie is a biennial, at least in some colder areas. It comes up, but only "blooms" the second year. Around here no one will sell it. Garden centers have deemed it an invasive weed. It will grow REALLY big if you give it room. Looks like a small evergreen at maturity. We used to grow about an acre each year.
I SO love the smell of sweet annie but it makes me terribly ill to work with it. I did find a no scent variety this year. I use that in my craft work. Hurray! I can at least enjoy the look!
Anyway Nancy, I will send you a nice bundle (scented) right away if you'd like.
Rhonda
I'm a one girl revolution. |
| DaisyFarm |
Posted - Jan 21 2008 : 5:12:57 PM
Thank you for the info Frannie, that's exactly what I needed.
Di |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Jan 21 2008 : 4:02:11 PM
and from one more web-site:
Sweet Annie
Botanical name: Artemisia annua
Common names: Qinghao, Sweet wormwood
Botany
Helpful for
Traditional use
How it works
Amount to take
Side Effects & Interactions
References
Parts of sweet annie used and where is sweet annie grown
This inconspicuous herb originated in Europe and Asia and has since spread to North America. It is now a common weed around the world. The above ground parts of the plant are used medicinally.
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Jan 21 2008 : 4:00:46 PM
another web-site for it .. i believe you can order seeds from here too:
General Sweet Annie Information
Dried Flowers Direct Home
Sweet Annie
Artemisia annua
Sweet Annie (annual) is a very fragrant, feathery green to light brown dried flower foliage. Dyed Burgundy and Hunter Green . We also grow a new perennial 'scent-less' variety (shown) which looks very similar to the annual but finer in texture.
Annual Herb
Common Names Wormwood
Height 36 - 60 inches.
Cultivar
Propagation By seed at 70°F, requires light to germinate. Will self-sow if you let it go to seed (ill advised).
Cultivation Full sun in average soil.
Disease Aphids love this plant.
Harvest Cut Sweet Annie before flowers open.
Drying Hang Sweet Annie upside down in dry, dark, open, airy place.
Uses Sweet Annie is a excellent dried flower filler. Used extensively as a dried flower wreath and swag base.
Comments Sweet Annie (annual) is an excellent deer deterrent (we grow it as a hedge for that reason).
Notes We also have a scent-less variety of Sweet Annie , a perennial that we have yet to identify by genus species.
Related
Dried Flowers Direct™
from Keuka Flower Farm
3597 Skyline Dr., Penn Yan, NY 14527
(315) 536-2736
www.DriedFlowersDirect.com
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Jan 21 2008 : 3:57:53 PM
i found this info on a website .. it's strange .. but it only grows "in abundance" here at freedom valley farm every OTHER year .. get small plots of plants scattered here and there in alternate years .. but when it does grow every other year .. i have scads of it. xo, frannie
P.S. i have not had luck with 'planting' or even 'scattering' seeds where i 'think' it will grow every other year .. a huge field of it will pop in the most pleasantly unexpected places. (i personally think that birds digest it and 'poo-poo' it at will and with all the birdie 'fertilizer' .. WOWZER!!!) xo
WEB SITE INFO:
Sweet Annie has to be one of my favorite herbs to use for drying and in herbal wreaths. Several other names for Sweet Annie include Sweet Wormwood, Chinese Fragrant Fern and Artemisia Annua. While most other Artemisia’s have a silvery gray foliage, Sweet Annie has a feathery green foliage. It holds it’s color very well when dried.
Easily grown from seed, if left to go to seed in the fall, Sweet Annie will pop up in your garden year after year. Just sow your seeds after any danger of frost is past. This will grow best in a sunny location, but does not need any special soil. This will grow up to six feet in height, so be sure to plant near the back of a flower bed. I have also used Sweet Annie as a background plant in container gardening.
To harvest Sweet Annie, just cut the stems off close to the ground, if you wish to dry your herbs to use in potpourris, just bunch the stems together, tying a group together at the base, then hang upside down in a warm dark place. I generally use my Sweet Annie fresh, just after picking in wreaths and other groupings. This herb seems to keep its scent much longer than any other herb. I have taken wreaths apart after several years and the Sweet Annie’s fragrance is still very much the same as when fresh picked.
A word of warning though. People with allergies may have trouble working with Sweet Annie. If you discover any problems in this department, spraying a little hair spray on the greens before handling seems to take care of the problem.
As for using Sweet Annie, as I mentioned, I like to use this herb in herbal wreaths and other arrangements, but this herb is very versatile. It can be used in place of Babies Breath or any fern in dried or fresh floral arrangements. Another idea would be to place bunches of Sweet Annie on a grapevine or straw wreath (the Sweet Annie can be trimmed down from the full length plants, by using just the branches that sprout off the main stem), wire the bunches to the base, then decorate with dried flowers, such as roses or straw flowers.
Another way to use these plants is to make an actual wreath out of the fairly heavy, woody main stems. Just cut your Sweet Annie, you will need to choose stems that are similar in height or trim your stems down to get a grouping that is the same length. Start by wiring the base of all of the stems together. Now bend the stems around into a circle, wiring together every 6 to 8 inches to hold the shape. The branches and feathery foliage make a beautiful, natural looking wreath all on it’s own.
Sweet Annie also makes a wonderful smelling addition to sachet bags. Start out with a small piece of tulle or muslin, place a bit of crushed Sweet Annie, Lavender and Rosemary, in the center of your fabric. Now just tie up with a bit of ribbon. Place these little sachet bags in your drawers and linen closets to keep your clothes and linens smelling wonderful.
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| miss wilma |
Posted - Jan 21 2008 : 08:24:41 AM
You can buy them from seed books or in the garden section at Walmart
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| country lawyer |
Posted - Jan 21 2008 : 07:52:18 AM
I would like some seeds. Any ideas on that? |
| Amie C. |
Posted - Jan 21 2008 : 06:49:29 AM
Miss Wilma, if you do send out slips in the spring would you put me on the list too? I'm not worried about it taking over my yard. I have trouble getting things other than ragweed to establish themselves. Let me know if there's anything you'd like in return, or just postage. Thanks! |
| miss wilma |
Posted - Jan 21 2008 : 05:52:52 AM
hopefully you can get some from Rhonda for now she had a good price on it
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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Jan 21 2008 : 05:44:26 AM
Rhonda,
I want some to use for filler for little bags and sachets. Would a bundle be what I'm looking for? I just know I love the scent.
Thank you all for you help here, and Miss Wilma I might take you up on that offer come spring, because you don't have enough to do.HA.
NANCY JO
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| farmgirl blessings |
Posted - Jan 20 2008 : 10:24:22 PM
Thanks, Miss Wilma. I be careful about that. I'm glad you told me.
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| miss wilma |
Posted - Jan 20 2008 : 9:45:52 PM
Once you plant it it comes up every where, do not make the mistake I did and plant it in your garden, It just comes up all over the place hereafter I planted the first year
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| farmgirl blessings |
Posted - Jan 20 2008 : 7:39:47 PM
Did you cultivate that Miss Wilma or does it grow naturally? Or is that a really silly question? I'd like to grow some myself this year!
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| miss wilma |
Posted - Jan 20 2008 : 5:30:45 PM
I dont have it until summer but the field behind my house has gobs of it every year, you can have all you want
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| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Jan 20 2008 : 4:53:52 PM
Miss Wilma, I'll take some (if you can spare it :))...love that scent!
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| miss wilma |
Posted - Jan 20 2008 : 3:13:34 PM
If you wait until summer I will give you a field full
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| abbasgurl |
Posted - Jan 20 2008 : 12:06:22 PM
Do you want dried bundles or seed Nancy? I have dried bundles for sale, $8 for a nice size one. Not sure how many are left.
Rhonda
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| DaisyFarm |
Posted - Jan 20 2008 : 11:59:43 AM
I bought some seed for this spring, so hopefully it will grow. I love the scent. If anybody reading this knows about growing it, I'd appreciate that too.
Di |
