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Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)

Wormwood, also known as mugwort, is a pollen fiend. That’s fiend, not friend, because this flower is no friend to allergy sufferers or to gardeners. It’s a thug in the garden, spreading by roots and by seeds blown by the wind. There are no chemical controls and even mowing and digging are no match for this pest.

Note: The small mounded artemisia sold at nurseries are well-behaved and should not be painted with the “red badge of scourge” reserved for wormwood.

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