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Asteraceae
Feverfew
Tanacetum parthenium
Also known as Midsummer daisy, Featherfoil, Bachelor's buttons, Tanacetum demetrii
Native Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Feverfew · Medicinal Herb · Daisy · Perennial · Herbal Garden · Pollinator · Self-Seeding · Asteraceae · Cottage Garden · Companion Planting
Feverfew is a cheerful, easy-care perennial herb producing masses of small daisy-like white flowers throughout summer. Plant in well-drained soil in a sunny to partly shaded spot and water regularly but avoid soggy conditions. It self-seeds freely, so deadhead after flowering if you want to control its spread, and harvest leaves for their traditional medicinal uses.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; allow the top inch of soil to dry out between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.5–7
- Temperature
- -30°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 2.5 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 15 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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