• Common Name: Sweet Sagewort, Sweet Annie, Sweet Wormwood, Annual Wormwood, Annual Mugwort
  • Botanical Name: Artemisia annua L.
  • Family Name: Daisy family
  • Type: Annual
  • Zone Hardiness: 4–9
  • Height: 1 to 10ft
  • Width: 1 to 3ft
  • Blooms: Small, greenish-yellow, discoid flowers arranged in loose panicles
  • Bloom Time: August to October
  • Sun: Full sun
  • Leaves: 1-4in long, twice or thrice pinnatifid with linear or lanceolate segments; aromatic and sweet-scented
  • Maintenance: Low for beginners; needs occasional pruning.
  • Tolerates: Heat, drought, and poor soils once established
  • Attracts: can attract bees, but is a natural insect repellent.
  • Texas Superstar: No
  • Texas Native: No
  • Invasive: No