Silver artemisia - Artemisia ludoviciana
Height: 2-3’
Plant type: perennial
Features: tiny yellow flowers (Aug - Sept) with soft blue-green foliage. Spreads by rhizomes and can form dense colonies. It’s an aggressive spreader so may not be appropriate for small settings.
PPL: no
Light - full sun
Soil - dry to medium
Ecological benefits - attracts many pollinators and is a larval host plant for butterflies including the Painted Lady butterfly. Top 30 plant host for caterpillar species!
Height: 2-3’
Plant type: perennial
Features: tiny yellow flowers (Aug - Sept) with soft blue-green foliage. Spreads by rhizomes and can form dense colonies. It’s an aggressive spreader so may not be appropriate for small settings.
PPL: no
Light - full sun
Soil - dry to medium
Ecological benefits - attracts many pollinators and is a larval host plant for butterflies including the Painted Lady butterfly. Top 30 plant host for caterpillar species!
Height: 2-3’
Plant type: perennial
Features: tiny yellow flowers (Aug - Sept) with soft blue-green foliage. Spreads by rhizomes and can form dense colonies. It’s an aggressive spreader so may not be appropriate for small settings.
PPL: no
Light - full sun
Soil - dry to medium
Ecological benefits - attracts many pollinators and is a larval host plant for butterflies including the Painted Lady butterfly. Top 30 plant host for caterpillar species!