Wild Quinine, American Feverfew

I bought three small plants in 2003 and they are doing all well in 2013 here in se PA in my good quality clay soil with a pH of 6.9. They...Read More do self-sow some around in the garden. I transplanted two small plants from self-sowing to a site 20 miles east of where I live, with silty slightly acid soil. Big plants can be hard to transplant due to big, coarse, lateral roots. A strong, reliable, easy, low maintenance plant that stays as a big clump that does not need dividing. It blooms all through June into early September. Some flower scapes will lodge and should be cut away. Good pollinator plants for various insects. Big native range in eastern North America.

5/19/12 - Growing wild by roadside Blue Ridge Parkway nr. milepost 69 in Virginia. In bloom.

After seeing this native in a prairie restoration I was thrilled to find it offered at a plant sale, grown from seed. The foliage makes ...Read Morea bold statement in the spring, but it's the chalky white flowers that are the real prize. The plants have an incredibly long bloom season, from June through August, and still going strong. They are a wonderful addition to a white garden, and are lovely by moonlight.

I think this wild variety of feverfew is what keeps growing in my yard. I have never planted it, but it grows sporadically in small clum...Read Moreps near my house. Because I always found it near our native live oaks, I always thought of it being a 'companion' to those trees. It is like a delightful little weed, very pretty with nice foliage. It can get rather bushy if it gets enough water. I like it well enough, and have heard that as a medicinal herb it can ease the pain of migraine headaches (although I have also read that it has the potential to be poisonous).