Feverfew Dried

Barn-dried on the farm at Salle Moor Hall — Feverfew bunches of 20 stems, each approximately 60cm long, harvested at the peak of their summer bloom and hung in the drying barn until they hold their colour properly for the long term. Each bunch is a generous handful of branching stems, densely covered with the small cheerful daisy-flowers that give Feverfew its name — creamy-white ray petals surrounding a bright yellow button centre, dozens per stem, holding on strong through the drying process.

Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) is properly the workhorse of the summer meadow — smaller and sturdier than chamomile, more structural than gypsophila, more scented than either. The stems dry to a firm papery texture that arranges properly without snapping, making them one of the most useful dried flower stems for wreath making, mixed bouquets, and country kitchen pitcher displays. The colour holds naturally for years given proper care — properly the everlasting flower the cottage garden was built on.

The stems carry the distinctive aromatic Feverfew scent — clean and herbal with citrusy, camphor-like notes reminiscent of chrysanthemum foliage. Some find it faint; others find it properly present. Either way, it's the natural aromatic quality of the plant, not something we've added.

Barn-dried at Salle Moor Hall, Norfolk. Grown chemical-free on our own cutting field, hand-harvested at peak bloom, hung to dry in the barn until properly ready. No air miles, no imported stems, no plastic wrapping — just properly good English dried flowers, grown and cared for entirely by us. Seasonal, available while our summer stock lasts.

Pairs beautifully with dried larkspur for scale contrast, with Billy Buttons (Craspedia) to echo the yellow centres, with dried lavender for the classic purple-and-cream combination, and with grasses or seed heads for meadow-style bouquets. Properly the neutral bridge that holds mixed dried arrangements together. Feverfew is also an RHS Plants for Pollinators-listed variety in the growing form — the same open umbel structure that attracts hoverflies and parasitic wasps in the garden is what gives the dried version its light, airy character in arrangements.