Garden Scheme
Feverfew
Tanacetum parthenium
Compact daisy-like perennial for cottage borders and pollinator beds; deadhead to prevent rampant self-seeding.
Sunlight
Full Sun
Water
Moderate
USDA zones
4–9
Planning spacing
1 ft
Typical mature size
2 ft tall, 1.5 ft wide
Typical bloom
Early summer - early fall
Feverfew spacing and mature footprint
Space Feverfew 12 inches apart, measured center to center (30 cm).
The mature spread is about 18 inches (45 cm), so plants set at that distance grow together into a closed canopy over the bed.
Treat 12 inches as a planning baseline — cultivar and local growing conditions shift the final footprint.
Growing facts
- Botanical name
- Tanacetum parthenium
- Type
- Herb
- Category
- Herbs
- Lifecycle
- perennial
- USDA hardiness zones
- 4–9
- Sunlight
- Full Sun
- Water
- Moderate
- Planning spacing
- 1 ft
- Typical mature size
- 2 ft tall, 1.5 ft wide
- Typical bloom season
- Early summer - early fall
- Typical harvest season
- Summer - early fall