Fall and Sweet Annie, Artemisia annua, go together like peanut butter and jelly, only you don’t ingest it. This amazing plant is also called Chinese Christmas Tree. You often see this large branching annual in the middle of horse or cattle pastures, the only plant not ea
ten…I don’t even think deer will touch it.
Artemisia annua has an unforgettable scent that most folks either love or hate. Makes it easy to identify. We named our Jack Russel terrorist (terrier) after this plant who I have had a love/hate relationship with for nearly 16 years! If you love to make wreaths then you will need to become familiar with her plus even if you don’t have room or the inclination to grow Sweet Annie it is readily available probably not far from where you live.
Start harvesting Sweet Annie when it comes into bloom in early fall and continue right up to a hard frost for varing hues of greens and browns.
We used to fill our full size van with Artemisia annua that we would sacvenge for along county roads and in farmer’s fields (with permission of course) and spend the rest of the day out in the sunshine making wreaths to sell in our shop. Sweet Annie wreaths are beautiful as a stand alone wreath or as a base to which other dried herbs and flowers can be added.
Hang a Sweet Annie wreath in the bathroom for sweet summer memories every time you shower 
