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Tanacetum balsamita |
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| Synonym(s) |
Chrysanthemum balsamita |
| Common name |
costmary |
| Family |
asteraceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
yellow (summer) |
| Size |
18" |
| Light |
full sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
not fussy |
From seed  |
does not grow from seed
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| | Handsome foliage in early June |
For the longest time I didn't know what this plant was. It has large elongated mid-green leaves that smell strongly like bubblegum when crushed. After some detective work, I learned that I had costmary on my hands - it grew from a small plant purchased from Richters years ago, ignored, unwittingly transplanted from our herb circle to the back yard island hill. There it has lived ever since. Even though some sources caution that this is invasive, I have not found it to be the case. It spreads only modestly in the admittedly sub-ideal conditions we provide for it. I keep it around for its wonderful fragrance and its old-time herb lore.
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This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away... About my plant portraits
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