Topic: Mystery Plant..Twist - [Solved] Southernwood (artemisia abrotanum)

[Pharmerphil]

I'll throw Ya'll a curve ball here  .
I'll post a pic, You try to guess what it is...OK, here goes

Medicinal/Aromatic Herb

[MassMama]

Dill?

[G-Mom]

Hiya Phil.....long time no see

Is it Dill?

G-Mom

[MassMama]

LOL hi Karen think we posted at the same time!!  Long time no see!! Nice to see you!

[G-Mom]

Good to see you too!

Great minds think alike,don't they   I was kinda torn between dill or fennel,but went with dill.

[MassMama]

It really looks like fern leaf dill ... I think that is what it is called.. I was just looking at it the other day cause I am going to try making pickles this summer... and am not sure if I am going to get some or not 

[Patty S]

My guess is Dill, too.  If we're going to get down into varieties, I don't think Fernleaf gets as tall as the ones in Phil's pic, so I'll say Mammoth (Long Island) Dill.

BTW, I read somewhere that dill is in the carrot family. They do sorta look like carrot sprouts when they first break ground, but then so does love-in-the-mist (Nigella damascena) & I'm sure that's not in the carrot family!

Anyone ever thought of using dill in flower arrangements? Pretty! I even use weeds with pretty foliage when nothing else is available. (Heaven knows I have plenty of weeds... I make them earn their keep!)

[Firefly]

To me it looks more like coreopsis.

[Pharmerphil]

Nope, not Dill, Fennel, or coreopsis
Hi Gmom, where Ya been
no, this particular herb is one you won't phind in most herb gardens, unless of course it's a herb garden belonging to an old codger...like me

It has a very nice, Old fashioned smell...
Keep trying pholks!

[Jim]

How about ---

Wormwood

[Pharmerphil]

How about ---

Wormwood

I'm gonna give it to Ya Jim
It is Southernwood (artemisia abrotanum)
Wormwood, is artemisia absinthium.
Southernwood has such a nice smell, wormwood, to me, smells a lil funky