| Description | Artemisia Powis Castle (Artemisia) is grows into an upright mound of fine feathery silver foliage. |
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| Pronunciation | (ar-ti-MEE-si-a) |
| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-8 Heat zone 12-8 |
| Sunlight | full sun |
| Moisture | average to dry |
| Soil & Site | average to dry |
| Flowers | small, not ornamental |
| Leaves | deeply cut leaves are silver, feathery, have a mild camphor smell, a woody sub-shrub |
| Dimensions | 2-3 feet high by over 2 feet spread |
| Maintenance | This plant should not be cut back hard in the spring. Wait till new buds are forming and cut above them. They can be sheared or pinched during the growing season to control height. |
| Propagation | cuttings, difficult from divisions |
| Cultivar Origin | Discovered at Powis Castle, Wales. Probably a cross between A. arborescens and A. absinthium. |
| Author's Notes | I have seen this plant listed as zone #5. It was not rated highly at the Chicago Botanic Gardens Plant Trials and died on two consecutive years for me. |
| Notes & Reference | #36-Encyclopedia of Perennials (Christopher Woods), #54-The Well Tended Garden ( Tracey DiSabato-Aust), Chicago Botanic Gardens Plant Trials |
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