Lad's Love (Sperm-scented Herb) ❤ ♂
Channel: zuditaka
Date: 2015-09-09

Looking at Lad's Love (Artemisia abrotanum) here. Other common names include: old man, boy's love, oldman wormwood, old man's beard, lover's plant, appleringie, garderobe, Our Lord's wood, maid's ruin, garden sagebrush, European sage, sitherwood, southernwood and lemon plant.

It has a scent that reminds many people of fresh wet semen--hence the many common names alluding to that. Gives off its distinctive aroma when the leaves are crushed. It is a lovely small shrub of the wormwood family that makes a nice addition to cottage gardens. Quite a tough plant, with feathery grey-green leaves; but needs some extra water in the hottest and driest parts of Australia. Easy to propagate from cuttings or root divisions in the cooler months of the year. Lots of fun to grow.

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