500 Mugwort Seeds(Artemisia vulgaris)Medicinal Culinary Perennial Herb USA

As a culinary garden herb, mugwort is widely grown throughout the world to season meats, stews, soups, and dumplings. Annual mugwort seeds are experiencing a renaissance here in the states as a calming and soothing tea leaf used to aid in blood circulation, dreaming, and acupuncture treatment.

Sowing

mugwort seeds grow a vigorous cool-season garden favorite with a weed-like hardiness best if sown directly either in spring or late fall.Lightly press without covering 3-4 mugwort seeds per hole 10-12" apart in fertile, well-drained garden soil in full sun to partial shade.Germinate in 7-21 days.

Growing

Best grown in poor to moderately fertile, dry to medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Does poorly in moist to wet soils where plants are susceptible to root rot. Plant stems tend to lodge in the summer, especially if grown in fertile soils and/or significant shade. General foliage decline often occurs in high humidity summer climates such as the St. Louis area. If foliage declines or stems flop in summer, plants may be sheared to revitalize. Plants can spread aggressively in the landscape. Easily propagated by division.

Harvesting

cut basal and middle leaves which grow to as much as 4” long, each leaf being deep green above and white tomentose beneath.

As an herbal medicine, leaves are technically edible, but bitter and toxic when consumed in quantity. Aroma from fresh or dried plant leaves will repel insects.