Plant Type

Perennial

 

Height Range

Under 1'

 

Flower Color

Yellow, White

 

Flower Season

Summer

 

Leaf Color

Grey Green, Silver

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Sun

Full

 

Water

Low, Medium

 

Growth Rate

Moderate

 

Soil Type

Sandy, Clay, Rocky

 

Soil Condition

Average, Poor, Well-drained, Dry

 

Soil pH

Neutral, Basic

 

Adverse Factors

n/a

Design Styles

English Cottage, Japanese, Mediterranean, Ranch, Spanish

 

Accenting Features

Unusual Foliage

 

Seasonal Interest

Spring

 

Location Uses

Perennial Border, Parking Strip, Walkways, With Rocks

 

Special Uses

Container, Small Spaces

 

Attracts Wildlife

n/a

Silvermound is a perennial growing 12 to 18 inches tall and wide, in a dense, rounded, mounded clump. Its foliage is silvery green-grey and very ferny. Used in perennial borders; effective in containers. I admit, there are other artemisias I like so much more than Silvermound, but it is sweet in spring...

Grow in full sun and well drained soils. Adaptive to a wide range of soils, as long as they are well draining. In the late winter to early spring, cut it back to its crown, just above where you see new buds emerging. It tolerates average to dry conditions, though over watering, and over-head watering tend to cause the center to melt out and become brown and shabby.