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 Gray -leafed sorts are many. A. frigida, with finely cut, nearly white
foliage on spreading plants, grows to 1/1/2 feet tall. A. ludoviciana
albula: a bushy silvergray mound to 3 feet, has lobed and unlobed leaves.
A schmidtiana (Angels' hair) makes a 2-foot high mound of feathery, silvery
foliage; its variety 'silver mound' is at most only half that size. A.
stellerana (beach wormwood, old woman, dusty miller) forms spreading clumps, to
2 feet high, of lobed gray white leaves.
Artemisias need full sun and well
drained soil, with only moderate watering. Removing flowering stems after
bloom helps to keep them compact, so does occasional cutting back. After
several years, plants may need dividing in autumn or early spring.
Set out transplants in spring or fall, in well-drained,
cultivated soil. Pinch off the growing tip of large transplants so that
the plant will develop bushy branches. After a year or two, plants often
become woody. |
