SCIENTIFIC NAME: Artemisia x 'Powis Castle'

COMMON NAME: Powis Castle, wormwood

FAMILY: Asteraceae (Compositae)

TYPE: perennial

LEAVES: lobed and finely dissected, greenish white, pubescent

FLOWER: none

GROWTH HABIT: 3', mounding

SOIL: well drained

SUN: full sun, heat and drought tolerant

HARDINESS: zone 5

UTILIZATION: background or specimen, dried foliage decorative, much better in south than A. schmidtiana 'Silver Mound'

DISEASES: less problems with this cultivar

INSECTS AND RELATED PESTS: none serious

PROPAGATION: stem cuttings

MAINTENANCE: prune to maintain shape

RELATED SPECIES: A. schmidtiana 'Silver Mound' is one of the most attractive artemisias because of the very finely dissected, silver leaves; however, performance in zones 7 and 8 is extremely poor because of rot in summer due largely to high humidity conditions.