Artemisia abrotanum
(Southernwood)
Family - Asteraceae
Category - Perennial
Origin - Southern Europe
Year of Introduction - 1548
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H6
Height - 90cm
Width - 90cm
Location - The White Garden
Description: A woody Perennial with a bushy habit and upright stems. Attractive and pleasantly scented leaves are grey-green with very finely Divided, fern-like foliage. Small, mustard yellow disc-like flowers are held in upright panicles. The flowers are produced in late summer, but can be delayed by pruning this plant hard in the spring. This plant is most often grown for the attractive foliage.
Flower:
Small, disc-like flowers are a shade of mustard yellow. The flowerheads are held in upright panicles and are produced in July and August. The flowers are often considered undesirable and pruning the plant hard back in spring will delay flowering.
Flower colour: Yellow
Flower shape: Disc-like flowerheads held in panicles
Flowering time: July, August
Foliage:
Aromatic, grey-green leaves are tripinnate with very fine, narrow leaflets. The leaves are Alternately arranged on woody, upright stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Tripinnate with narrow leaflets
Propagation:
Cuttings, seed.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in fertile, well-drained soil.