Water Wise Plants

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Artemisia versicolor ‘Seafoam’

Groundcover

6 - 12 in. high can spread 15 - 18 in.

Low: water every three weeks until the root ball is wet

Full to half sun

Yellow and orange

The leaves of Artemisia ‘Seafoam’ are silver and frilly, which add a nice texture to the garden. It is a short-lived perennial that needs to be replanted after several years. The plant wants to bloom, but unfortunately will die back afterwards. To prevent the die back, cut off the yellow flowers.

PADG notes: ‘Seafoam’ has been used as a small edging plant in the Demonstration Garden. We have repeated silver foliage plants around the edge of the garden beds as a way of tying different beds together. But we find cutting off the flowers to keep the plant looking good to be labor intensive.