Botanical Name: Artemisia versicolor ‘Sea Foam’
Common Name: Sea Foam artemisia; Curlicue sage
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape a low growing, sprawling perennial with very fine silver- blue foliage held in peculiar reflexed branchlets; very distinctive foliage
Height to 1'
Spread to 3'
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun preferred; tolerates part shade
Soil tolerates most any soil with good drainage
Hardiness hardy; zones 1-24
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnatifid silvery leaves to 3" long, 2" wide with 1/16" wide leaf blade segments; leaves reflex back into odd, rounded spheroid branchlets
Flowers small composite flowers in panicles; flowers are 1/8 across not considered attractive and are usually removed
Fruit small achenes
 
Propagation:
stem cuttings, division
 
Usage:
used as a silver groundcover in perennial beds; good mixed with darker foliage plants in sun or part shade; excellent in Mediterranean theme landscapes; can be mixed with California natives
 
Landscape Care:
Watering average watering in most gardens; fairly drought tolerant when established
Fertilizing slow release at planting time
Pruning pinch regularly to encourage dense form; remove flowers
Pests/Diseases aphids, mealybug, scale,
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Hybrid cultivar
Family: Asteraceae

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