The worm

Has anyone had any luck growing "Wormwood" before?

I grew some last year. And I did not know that it was an annual. And now there are some new shoots.

Thanks
Adam.

 

Artemesia absinthium (wormwood) is not an annual it's a hardy deciduous perennial.
See here for information Artemisia absinthium | wormwood Herbaceous Perennial/RHS

 

A little known fact about wormwood…

Mentioned in the Book of Revelation as a star that comes down from the sky and poisons the rivers…

 

Well some people will believe anything.

 

Interesting. I have heard of wormwood star before. Did not know it was religious. I think it is mentioned in the bible as a bitter herb.

 

Does that mean that it will grow back?

 

Hi it’s a perennial so grows back every year, I would be scared to goin your garden with all the other toxic plants you have asked about , but at least worm wood is used for gastro and improved digestion ,, and once used if you had worms

Spruce

 

No that means that some people treat the Revelation to John as a factual prediction and yes the oxymoron is intended.
What means it will come back (if it is Artemsia absinthium) is the fact that it is a hardy deciduous perennial.

 

Wormwood (Artemsia absinthium) is also used in the manufacture of Absinthe, which was popular in France (late 19th early 20th centuries) and it was held to be responsible for absinthism.
Modern absinthe has a limit on the amount of alpha Thujone it can contain due to the toxicity of this compound.

 

Drinks on me.

 

No thanks, absinthe is aniseed flavoured and traditionally was poured over a sugar cube, to ease the bitterness, it is also around 70% alcohol and was added to water which went cloudy.

 

Yeah. I knew all that.

 

The green fairy was it's Nik name. Or the green goddess. In the olden days.

 

Yes "La Fee Verte" and not really "olden" times only just over a 100 years ago, within the memory of some members of this forum.
I think the "Green Goddess" was a keep fit person on TV decades ago, also the nick name of the green Army fire engines mobilised when there was a firemans strike.

 

The main problem with making your own Absinthe in the UK is lack of domestic access to 100% alcohol for the extraction.
In theory you could distill your own, but that's illegal in the UK; curiously not illegal to sell the equipment though.
Also given the toxicity of some components and the possibility of methanol in home distilled products then some form of analysis would be sensible.