April 6, 2008
Plants Wanted...
I am desperately searching for either a plant or at least seeds of Artemisia pontica, aka Roman Wormwood or Petite Absinthe. I can find A. absinthia (Grande Absinthe), but I need the Roman Wormwood for making vermouth. I went to one of the best-stocked nurseries around here, and they had three types of Artemisia, but not the pontica, and they have not carried it in six years (on a related culinary front, they did stock Calamint, also known as the mushroom herb, because of its afinity with wild mushrooms).
So far I am not having luck with my online search for the Artemisia pontica, but I have found that it is a weed in the Northeast, meaning that, just perhaps, one of my New England readers with a mind for botany could just perhaps send a little plant to me...I will reward said botanically-inclined New Englander with something good and true and honorable.
Or, if someone can point me to a commercial source, I will be eternally grateful!
Posted by erik at April 6, 2008 8:48 PM