How to grow... Feverfew
Rocket Growing Guides
Feverfew is the burst of daisy-like flowers that appears in summer. They are great for bees and are good for cutting too! You can even grow them in pots in a greenhouse over winter. Feverfew is a perennial, so will re-grow every spring.
- Feverfew Growing Guide
How to Plant Feverfew
- Best planted in full sun or partial shade.
- A nice enriched, well-drained soil.
How to Grow Feverfew
- Avoid watering the leaves if possible to avoid fungal diseases.
- Tip prune young plants with your fingertips to enable more bushy growth
- Feverfew will take around 100 days to flower
- Cut off dead flowers regularly – this will promote fresh ones to grow.
How to Harvest Feverfew
- Feverfew should start to be cut in it’s second year.
- Feverfew should be harvested by swathing the leaves and flowers while in full bloom, leaving approx 10 cm for regrowth to be able to cut them again later that year.
