Sweet Annie Herb – How to Find It If You’ve Grown It Before….

Sweet Annie herb – the herb that has a scent they say will last 100 years.  How to find it if you’ve grown it before – because if you have had it in years past – you have tons of it coming up now.  If you’ve planted Sweet Annie before, you’ll find it returning to you now in the form of dozens of little volunteer sprigs popping up as far as 20-40 feet or more away from where last years plant(s) grew.  Goodness you could possibly even find it on the other side of your home from where you grew it last year.

Last years’ plants will not return, but the volunteers should come up so plentifully that you’ll forget about last years plants as soon as you get your harvest out of them and toss them into your compost pile.   I’ll walk you through all of that when the time comes…

It’s best to leave your volunteer Sweet Annies to come up where they sprout IF they aren’t in the way or smack dab in the middle of the yard.  I’ve had volunteers come up that could be left to grow and had them grow to 5 feet or more in no time at all.

Gently dig around the Sweet Annie .. or after a good “soaking” rain, just gently pull them out of the ground (depending on your soil) and transplant them elsewhere.   They like just a little water when they’re taking root, but they really thrive on neglect and do very well in dry weather once they’re off and running.

Once you get it started the plants the 2nd Summer that come up as volunteers have an even stronger scent than last year’s.  Sweet Annie is just heavenly, I absolutely love the stuff!   And if you live locally – Kim will be having her table loaded with baby sweet annies set up in the next couple weeks.