Variegated Mugwort 'Variegata'

This is a variegated form of the common perennial weed, mugwort. It spreads both underground and by seed just as aggressively as the spec...Read Moreies, and is just as bad a neighbor to other plants in beds and borders.

The flowers are ornamentally insignificant, but they still produce seeds. Seedlings are not variegated and are stronger than the variegated form, so plantings generally revert to the plain species after a few years.

If you grow this in a container, look out for non-variegated seedlings nearby. If you like the foliage, there are better variegated plants without the maintenance headaches this one brings.

While I must admit that this plant is pretty to look at, it is by far the most invasive plant I've dealt with in 10 years of gardening. ...Read MoreI wish I had researched the plant better before my purchase. I planted a small, cute rounded shrub-like pot of this and have spend the subsequent 5 years tearing it out. It has spread as far as 20 feet from the orignial site by runners from the host plant!

This plant seems to have been brought into my yard with a tree planted by the builder. It is a noxious weed and I have fought it the fiv...Read Moree years we have lived here.