Artemisia. aborescens

Form: Deciduous, or semi-evergreen, moderately bushy shrub
Height: 5ft (1.5m)
Spread: 5ft (1.5m)
Foliage: Aromatic grey-green leaves that are divided into many very slender lobes
Flowers: In late summer producing clusters of unremarkable small yellowish flower heads

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Form: Evergreen bushy perennial, woody at the base
Height: 32in (80cm)
Spread: 20in (50cm)
Foliage: Has a mass of aromatic, finely divided silvery-grey leaves
Flowers: In summer produces long panicles of small, insignificant grey flowers 
Frost Hardy: Needs protection in exposed sites

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Form: An upright, evergreen, shrub
Height: 5ft (1.5m)
Spread: 5ft (1.5m)
Foliage: Finely cut, silvery-white leaves
Flowers: In summer and early autumn producing heads of small bright-yellow flowers.

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Form: An upright, evergreen, shrub
Height: 4ft (1.2m)
Spread: 3ft (1m)
Foliage: Finely divided, aromatic, silver-white leaves
Flowers: In summer and early autumn produces round heads of bright-yellow flowers
Fully Hardy: Differs from the species in this regard

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Syn: Artemisia. assoana, Artemisia. lanata, Artemisia. pedemontana

Form: Evergreen, or semi-evergreen, prostrate perennial
Height: 12in (30cm)
Spread: 12in (30cm) 
Foliage: Fern-like leaves densely covered in silver-white hairs
Flowers: In summer producing small clusters of tiny yellow flower heads
Fully Hardy
Use: Suited to rock gardens, or walls

Form: An extremely hardy, vigorous, and rapidly spreading herbaceous perennial
Height: 3-5ft (1 - 1.5m)
Spread: 
Foliage: 
Flowers: 

Form: Semi-evergreen mat-forming, perennial, with a woody base
Height: 12in (30cm)
Spread: 12in plus (30cm plus)
Foliage: Small, silky, fern-like, aromatic, grey-white leaves. 
Flowers: In summer produces narrow panicles of small, rounded, yellow flowers.
Fully Hardy

Form: A vigorous, upright perennial
Height: 4-5ft (1.2-1.5m)
Spread: 20in (50cm)
Foliage: Jagged toothed, dark-green leaves
Flowers: In summer producing many erect sprays of creamy-white buds, opening to off-white flower heads
Use: As a background plant for flowers of strong colours, requires staking.

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Artemisia. ludoviciana
var albula

Form: Bushy perennial
Height: 4ft (1.2m)
Spread: 2ft (60cm)
Foliage: Grown for its aromatic, lanceolate, leaves, which are silvery-white, and woolly on both sides.
Flowers: In summer produces slender plumes of tiny greyish-white flowers

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Artemisia. ludoviciana
var 'Silver Queen'

Form: A semi-evergreen, clump-forming perennial
Height: 30in (75cm)
Spread: 24in (60cm)
Foliage: Large, lanceolate, down covered, silver-white leaves, which age to green.
Flowers: From mid-summer to autumn, produces dense, white, woolly panicles of brownish-yellow flower-heads
Fully Hardy

Form: Semi-evergreen shrub
Height: 2-10in (1-25cm)
Spread: 
Foliage: Having narrow aromatic leaves
Flowers:
It needs a well-drained soil.

Form: Vigorous upright perennial
Height: 24in (60cm)
Spread: 8in (20cm)
Foliage: Aromatic, feathery, silver-grey, leaves
Flowers: In summer producing tall spikes of small greyish flower-heads

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Syn Artemisia. aborescens var 'Brass Band'

Form: Vigorous, evergreen, sub-shrub
Height: 3ft (1m)
Spread: 4ft (1.2m)
Foliage: Dense, aromatic, finely cut, silvery-grey leaves
Flowers: In summer producing sprays of insignificant, yellowish-grey, flower-heads 
Frost Hardy

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Form: Hummock-forming, semi-evergreen, perennial with creeping stems
Height: 3-12in (8-30cm)
Spread: 24in (60cm)
Foliage: Fern-like, very finely cut, silver leaves
Flowers: In summer producing short racemes of small, rounded, pale-yellow, flower-heads.
Fully Hardy
Use: As cover for large rock gardens, walls, or banks
Requires sandy, peaty soil.

Form: Prostrate, perennial
Height: 3in (8cm)
Spread: 8in (20cm)
Foliage: Fern-like, silvery leaves
Flowers: In summer producing sprays of daisy-like yellow flowers
Use: As cover for banks or walls

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Form: Evergreen, rounded, rhizomatous perennial, with a woody base
Height: 1-2ft (30-60cm)
Spread: 2-3ft (60cm - 1m)
Foliage: Deeply lobed or toothed, white-haired, silver leaves
Flowers: In summer produces, slender sprays of yellow flower-heads
Fully Hardy
Needs light soil

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Syn: Artemisia. stelleriana 'Mori', Artemisia. stelleriana 'Silver Brocade'

Form: Evergreen, rounded, rhizomatous perennial, with a woody base, and arching habit
Height: 3ft (1m)
Spread: 
Foliage: Deeply lobed or toothed, white-haired, silver leaves
Flowers: In summer produces, slender sprays of yellow flower-heads
Fully Hardy
Needs light soil

Cultivation: -

Grow in well-drained, fertile soil, in full sun. The drainage in heavy soils should be improved by the addition of plenty of coarse grit. 

Cut back plants in spring to encourage new foliage, and to maintain a compact habit

Propagation: -

Sow seed in the cold frame during spring

Plants can be divided in spring or autumn, or during the summer heel-wood cuttings can be taken

Fully Hardy to Frost Hardy

Pests & Diseases: -

Some species are food-plants for various species of butterflies such as Swallowtails.