What is Artemisia's silver hill?

The silver artemisia mound is a low -growing perennial that forms a silenced shape covered with fine, silk, silver gray leaves. As ornamental, silver hills Artemisia makes an attractive border plant or ground cover. It is tolerant and suitable for rocky, poor soil conditions that are well suited to specimens of rock garden. The scientific name is artemisia schmidtiana . This variety, also known as its cultivar Nana and the common name of the sny short, is the only artemisia, which increases low to the ground in compact work, cluster. The leaves are delicate with a silk texture and matte, woolen relative to short, woody stems. At the end of August, small yellow flowers appear from the silver buds below the foliage. Flowers are often overlooked and can be removed to improve the health of the plant and the appearance of the leaves.

This ornamental perennial should be planted on full sun or partialshadow. Writing clay and well draining, humid soil conditions with relatively poor nutrition will encourage this decoration to achieve its most pleasant shape in optimal health. Wet, heavy soils cause the roots to rot and the stagnant water is likely to kill the plant. The soil rich in nutrients will stimulate the hill to divide and grow warm by the end of the summer. Artemisia silver mound is tolerant of rocky soil, heat and drought; In damp or wet conditions, the plant may suffer from rotting stems and leaves.

The individual clusters of the silver hills of Artemisia spread in a slow, non -aggressive way, unlike other artemisia family members, which are slightly invasive. When planting a ground cover or boundary plants, they should be distributed from 15 inches to 18 inches (about 38 cm to 45 cm). At the end of summer or early autumn, the pile is likely to be divided when planted in a garden or area with good soil and nutrition. To avoid this unattractive characteristic, hado should be limited to half of your matter in the summer before flowers appear.

neutral silver leaves are often used as a background for other cool colors, flowering permanent plants. Purple, lavender, blue, pink and purple excel in silver leaves. It is often planted under higher bushes and trees to form a soft, neutral ground cover.