• 8 years ago
• Posted in:Uncategorized
• 0
• Author: erin boa-brown

Artemisia absinthum (wormwood)

Family: Asteraceae

Useful cultivars and selections: Artemisia absinthium ‘Lambrook Silver’

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-9

Size:

• 60 cm wide
• 5m tall

Form:

• Erect, upright, clump-forming

Soil & Water requirements:

• Dry to medium moisture
• Well-drained
• Does not require much irrigation; mostly just during establishment
• The more water it receives, the floppier it becomes; it does poorly in moist to wet soils

Exposure:

• Full sun

Leaves:

• Beautiful silver-green foliage; covered in white hairs
• Grown primarily for attractive foliage
• Leaves forming on upright shoots
• Fragrant; especially when leaves are bruised
• Woody-based, herbaceous perennial

Flowers:

• Yellow-grey; not too significant
• Drooping panicles, occurring terminally on stems
• Bloom period: August – September

Suitable uses:

• Great background plant in herbaceous borders
• Colour contrast in the garden
• Rock gardens
• Locations with dry, poor soils
• Wasteland/brown field sites
• Cut flowers

Potential pairings:

• Colour compliments: pinks, blues

Other:

• Overall very tough