Artemisia, Beach Sage, Beach Wormwood, Dusty Miller, Wormwood 'Silver Brocade'

I purchased two (2) of these plants last year. Both grew to fill in areas approximately 2' by 2'. Every once in a while a piece would s...Read Moretart aiming for the sky. I'd cut it back and it would continue back to it's spreading habit. I rooted a good dozen cuttings in another bed to good effect.

This plant was marketed as a perennial here in zone 6a and I'm happy to report that the parent plants, as well as every one of their rooted offspring, are coming back up in my garden as we speak. Check out the pic I posted to the right and see what a beautiful accent this plant can make in a sea of color!

I'm using these plants to break up various colors within my perennial butterfly garden. Should make a different with the color flow and ...Read Moreeasy on the eyes. This plant is a host for the Painted Ladies and American Ladies butterflies.

I treat mine as annuals, cheap enough to replace each season. I love mixing it w/ diff. plants each time, the unexpected combos always d...Read Moreelight me. But beware, pair it w/ plants that have low water requirements or the excess water will kill your DM.

I grew this beautiful variety "SILVER BROCADE" after doing alittle searching
on line last year. Unusually variety, it just blends...Read More in with
so many plants and yes it spreads out but it was easy for
me to control. It came back this year in a nice clump, I've
since moved it and it still looks great, one of many great
varieties of artemisia.

I always thought Dusty Miller was an annual here in zone 5 but it's come back 2 years now; I think it's because we winter protect our ros...Read Morees and it gets protected just because it's in with them. I love this plant as a backdrop for my roses. It's a lovely color and when it blooms it attracts butterflies and bees.

I grew this plant around my antique plow and it complimented it very nicely. It was very thirsty in the summer but did very well. Start...Read Moreed to get leggy towards the end. I would grow it again.

Beach wormwood. also known as old woman or dusty miller, is one of the best rockgarden artemisias and a standby of Southern gardeners nea...Read Morer the coast. 'Silver Brocade' is a choice cultivar with soft, felt-like leaves. Its size, 3 to 4 feet wide and under 1 foot tall, makes it a wonderful ground cover or edging plant for dry areas. The blooms are not valuable, but they do not detract from the plant. Deer will occasionally browse on this species, perhaps because it does not have the strong, herby odor that other artemisias do.