Cait's Garden

Feverfew is technically an herb, yet it’s become one of the most useful plants in my garden. Bright yellow-green with a parsley-like leaf, this plant starts out a few inches high and grows to 8-10 inches high and wide. In midsummer, it blooms with tiny daisy-like flowers, and then it kindly makes more of itself by seeds, most of which germinate the next year.  It’s not invasive. At worst, you have to rake up a few tiny feverfew you don’t want. At best, you have an endless supply of one of the best garden filler plants I’ve ever seen. It’s easy to transplant seedlings wherever you need them. I find the bright color really pops in those bare spots that crop up in every garden, or along borders. And  it’s also easy to share extra plants with friends. That’s how I got mine in the first place! (Thanks, Mom.)