Artemisia schmidtiana
Common name: silvermound, sometimes 'wormwood'
Family: Asteraceae
Leaf: very fine, feathery, light, compound leaves, alternate, silvery colour
Flowers: panicles of small yellow flower heads (mainly grown for attractive foliage)
Habit: mat-forming, semi-woody, semi-evergreen sub-shrub (evergreen in British Columbia), often mis-named as an herbaceous perennial- which it is not.
Form: low, mounded
Height: 8-10"; Spread: 10-15"
Culture: USDA hardiness zones 3-7. Plant in full sun, in dry, well-drained, rocky, gravelly soil, does not need much water once established. Can be cut back to old wood (less so however with older plants). Shear and/or prune back in early spring. Artemisia ludoviciana is an attractive rhizomatous perennial that is very weedy and difficult to get rid of. Artemisia abrotanum is the true 'wormwood' shrub, getting to be about 3-4' tall.
Uses: A very popular plant for its attractive foliage, great for dry rock gardens, containers, edging in a gardens, groundcover.
Origin: Japan
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| A. schmidtiana |
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| A. schmidtiana |
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| Artemisia abrotanum |
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| Artemisia ludoviciana |
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