A traditional cottage garden herb with daisy like flowers. Thos pretty flower is great for use as abut fliower to give a wild meadow feel, with aromatic leaves trditionally used to teatsfever, headaches, improves digestion. The active ingredients re also used in creams and perfumes.
When to Sow: Feb - Jul
HOW to SOW:
In Pots - Sow a spinkle of seeds onto most compost and press the seeds down to make contact with the soil. Do not cover. Ideal temp 18-21°C. Transplant when large enough to handle and plant once risk of frost has passed.
From April - Sow outdoors direct into a prepared seed bed, thinning plants to 25cm when large enough to handle.
- Classification: Hardy Perennial
- Group: Herbs
- Expert Level: Easy To grow
- Germination Time: 1-3 Weeks
- Harvest Time: Jun- Sep
- Site: Full/ Partial Sun
- Soil Type: Will grow in most soils
- Soil Acidity: All Types
- Moisture: Well drained
- Care: Pinch out growing tip to make a bushier plant. Cut to the ground after first frosts and allow to re grow the following season
- Use: Edible, garden borders, cut flowers
- Harvest: Deadhead to prolong flowering window
- Feed:No special requirements
- Height:60cm
- Plant Spacing: 25cm
Tanacetum Parthenium (Feverfew)
2128 Seeds per packet Approx
Please note that the majority of our seeds are packed by volume so the number of seeds indicated is an approximation.
We make every effort to provide British seeds where possible, but in some cases our British Growers are unable to grow in sufficient quantities to meet our demand or the seeds are subject to Plant breeders' rights which means it is only possible for us to buy these seeds from certain non UK sources.