Sweet Annie herb is one of my favorite parts of gardening! They say the scent of even a dried Sweet Annie herb will last for 100 years.
Being nosy and an arm chair detective by nature – I’M wondering who has lived long enough to keep sniffing that same Sweet Annie plant for all those decades – to be able to make that statement.
But I will say I have some dried Sweet Annie that I know is 15 years old and it still smells heavenly.
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The Scent of Sweet Annie
It’s almost impossible to describe the scent of Sweet Annie.
I’d say it’s kind of a strong, sweet mint with a unique twist.
I absolutely love the scent and I’m just not one to care for perfumes and air fresheners. Geezer has always said ‘Nothing smells better than clean” So he doesn’t like perfumes and air fresheners either.
If you’ve grown Sweet Annie before – you should now have the little plants coming up all over your yard.
I usually dig up and transplant dozens and dozens of plants a year and have even transplanted more than a hundred some years.
It’s the easiest plant in the world to grow and even though it’s an annual – it reseeds it self all over your yard.
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Sweet Annie Seeds – David’s Garden 500 Organic Seeds
IF you don’t want that happening … it’s also mowed down each time you mow if you have it in the area of your yard where you do mow.
Kim actually plants Sweet Annie here and there in their lawn so when she mows … they’ll smell the Sweet Annie as they’re mowing.
Hunting Sweet Annie Herb
Sweet Annie starts out as a very tiny and fine plant in your yard if you grow it yourself from scratch.
It only gets tall and tough if it’s left to grow. So it’s absolutely OK to have Sweet Annie growing in your lawn any place at all and the possibility of it taking over – is never a worry.
But if you want it to get tall and bushy so you can harvest it and dry it in the fall … you need to have it along a fence line.
This photo is what Sweet Annie looks like growing in your yard or in garden beds along a fence line. It’s just a tiny – ferny looking plant in the middle of all your grass.
I LOVE hunting Sweet Annie in the yard. It’s kind of like pecan hunting … and SO exciting when you find one.
From spring to early summer, it’s nothing to go out in the yard and find 20 or more one day and go back in 2 days and find 20-30 more – because they appear and grow so fast.
I just carry a little basket and old butter knife around in the yard and gently pull them up or gently pry them if need be – put them in the basket and head straight to the back porch to put them in their individual pots to get them going good before transplanting them along a fence line or just giving them away.
These are some Sweet Annies I’ve already dug up and transplanted in peat pots and I have this sitting on the edge of the porch where it can get a little sun.
In spite of these being the size of a half dollar or so now .. they will all grow into big Sweet Annie plants from 6 to 10 feet tall and about 2-3 feet in diameter IF you leave them to grow. You can easily keep them trimmed back if you don’t want them to get big.
You can also order Sweet Annie seed … but it’s better to get the plants and start that way … THEN take your own seed in early fall and sow that seed.
If you live in our local area – Kim and I will both have tons of Sweet Annie to sell soon and we sell them for $3.00 a plant.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Sweet Annie and it’s easily my all time favorite herb.
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the Katydid
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