Botanical Name: Artemisia tridentata
Common Name: Big sagebrush, Great basin sage
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
Character mostly evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape an upright, loosely formed herbaceous perennial that is native to the dry areas of the American west; tends to sprawl into an informal mass of silvery, slender branches with fine, very aromatic foliage
Height 6 - 8
Spread 6 - 8
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun
Soil tolerates most, prefers sandy or well-draining
Hardiness hardy (Zones 1-3, 6-11, 14-24)
 
Morphology:
Leaves narrow, wedge-shaped to 3/4" long densely clothing stem; silvery gray-green with three small teeth at leaf apex
Flowers inconspicuous heads in slender, loose panicles; yellow heads to 1/2" diameter
Fruit inconspicuous (small achenes)
 
Propagation:
seed, semi-hardwood cuttings
 
Usage:
large, rangy shrubby perennial used for distinctive form and silvery foliage along with extraordinary drought-tolerance; use primarily in rustic gardens, on dry slopes and in desert landscapes
 
Landscape Care:
Watering does well with no irrigation after established; provide weekly irrigation during first summer, almost none thereafter
Fertilizing little required
Pruning occasional heading back to make plant more dense and full
Pests/Diseases relative free
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Western North America
Family: Asteraceae

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