Named after Artemis the Greek goddess(Compositae).A large genus , widely distributed over the globe , of shrub , sub - shrubs , herbaceous perennial , and yearbook , grown mainly for their dainty , redolent foliage which is very finely reduce in some metal money . The genus show a great diversity of drug abuse and leafage anatomy : the flowers are very little and are rarely of much account , though they are often assume in enceinte panicle or plumes . The tarragon herb used for flavorings and acetum is a extremity of this family . Most of the artemisia are sun lovers , but A.lactiflora , with its sprays of creamy white bloom , will farm in semi - shade and is a useful works for the herbaceous border .
What Annual species are cultivated
A.sacrorum viridis , summertime fervidness , 4 , feet , strictly a sub - shrub but grow as an annual .
Herbaceous and sub-shrubs
A.absinthium , wormwood , 1i infantry , flowers yellow , summertime . There is a good form , lam - brook Silver ’ useful for the grey boundary line . A. baumgartenii,9 inch , silvery leaves , yellow flush , late summertime . A.canescens , 1foot , make a dome of silvery leaves and is suitable for the rock garden . A.dracunculus , tarragon , 2 feet , whitish - green . A.filifolia , gnome carpet works with bright silvern foliation . A.glacialis,3 - 6 inches , silvery leaves , yellow flowerheads . A plant for a scree in the tilt garden or for the alpine household . A.gnaphalodes,2 pes , foliage grey - lily-white . A.lactiflora,4 feet , creamy - white flowers in plumes , late summer . A.lanata,4 - 6 column inch , silvery leaves , yellow flowers .
How to use in a Rock Garden
A. ludoviciana,3 foot , silvery leave , white-livered flush , summertime . A.maritima , ocean wormwood , 1 - 1i foot , silvery - white leaves , yellowish to scarlet efflorescence , summer . A.nutans,14 - 2 foundation , exquisitely cut back flatware - gray folio . A.pedemontana,6 inches , silvery leafage , rock garden . A.pontica,1 - 2 feet , grey foliage , off-white - yellow bloom , late summertime . A.stelleriana,2 - 3 metrical foot , silvery leaves , yellow flowers . A.purshiana , 2feet , white leave-taking , used as a foliage plant . A.vulgaris , mugwort , 2 - 4 feet , purplish or yellow flowers , fall , a native plant .
Shrubs
A.abrotanum,3 - 4 metrical unit , the well - known old humanity , southernwood , or sonny ’s dearest , fragrant , grey , filigree foliage . A.arborescens,3 feet , silvery foliage retained throughout the yr . The flowers of both these shrub , when produce , are insignificant . They are develop for their leafage .
How to grow
Plant in fall or spring in gay delimitation in ordinary ground . Propagate shrubby species by summertime cutting and herbaceous by cutting or division . Seeds may be inseminate in the spring of yearly and herbaceous specie .
