You Give Me Fever

Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) is a weed, a medicinal herb and a bit of a toxin.  This plant has the reputation of reducing fevers and migraines according to herbalists.  It claims many other remedies.  But, it also has had mixed results in the medical community and can cause nasty side effects.  I plant it for its beauty.  It is hardy and can spread like a weed if I am not careful.  But my soil is mostly clay and shade, so it takes some real tenacity for any plant to take off.

And it does lend itself to photo manipulation!

My Speedy Discovery.

My first post on a discovery of a hybrid of this plant is here and that was a few years ago.  After I transplanted the hitchhiker from my pot of pansies it put up its beauty the next spring in photos HERE.  Yes, it is a little bolder in color and size than the wild variety below, but both are invasive.

Val  (who no longer blogs as much) pointed out what a weed this was in England and now that I have a really weedy version on the other side of my driveway competing with my lawn...which is not such a great lawn anyway... I am enjoying the invasion.  I think I will just leave this ground cover even though the blooms will stop once the weather gets warm.