Artemisia arborescens
Tree Wormwood
A quick-growing dense, evergreen shrub to 1.8m tall by as wide with soft, white to silvery gray-green foliage that is deeply divided and with clusters of inconspicuous dull yellow flowers that appear in late spring. It is an easy, low-maintenance plant that will tolerate poor soil, as long as the soi is free-draining
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Full sun
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Very little water
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Free draining
Common name
Tree Wormwood
Latin name
Artemisia arborescens
type
Herbaceous Perennials
family
Asteraceae
ph
5.5 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Free draining
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.75 M
1.80 M
Artemisia arborescens
A quick-growing dense, evergreen shrub to 1.8m tall by as wide with soft, white to silvery gray-green foliage that is deeply divided and with clusters of inconspicuous dull yellow flowers that appear in late spring. It is an easy, low-maintenance plant that will tolerate poor soil, as long as the soi is free-draining
Flowering
From Early Summer TO Early Autumn
The flowering season is from early Summer to early Autumn
Planting
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
Plant in early Spring in a sunny site where the soil is free-draining. (It doesn't matter if the soil is poor, as long as it is free-draining). Water the newly-planted plant well, and keep watering regularly until the plant is established.
Propagating by seed
From Late Summer TO Mid Autumn
This plant self-seeds readily. More of a problem is stopping it from self-seeding!
Propagating by cuttings
From Late Spring TO Early Summer
Take softwood cuttings from new growth early in the day in Spring or early Summer. Cut, neatly, a 4" approx. piece of a non-flowering shoot, pinch out the tip, and cut off the bottom leaves. Dip the bottom of the cutting in hormone rooting powder, and carefully place in a pot of cutting compost with the leaves just above the level of the compost. Water, label, cover with a polythene bag, and place in a warm, bright place, out of direct sunlight. Take the polythene bag off periodically for a while for ventilation (at least twice a week)