The ‘Silver Mound’ cultivar ofA.
schmidianais a mounding plant with attractive lacy silver foliage that is often used as an edging plant.
Like many other plants in its family, ‘Silver Mound’ is toxic to pets and people when consumed.
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This plant is a good choice for low-water gardens, since it has a high tolerance for drought.
It also does well in polluted city environments and in soils containing road salts.
It is a good choice in Mediterranean-style gardens as a companion for fragrant herbs, as well.
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Mix it with cool-hued flowers for best effect.
It will do equally well in clay or sandy soil, as long as it drains well.
It will return in the spring, however.
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In mild-winter areas, ‘Silver Mound’ is evergreen.
At most, work a little compost into the soil around the plant in the spring.
Overfeeding this plant leads to floppiness and loss of its naturally mounding shape.
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It is often dried and used to make wreaths.Artemisia’Powis Castle’is another taller cultivar used in landscaping.
The plant should soon spring back to its normal mounded shape.
Propagating ‘Silver Mound’
‘Silver Mound’ is most often propagated by division.
Every two to three years, dig the clump up in the late fall.
you’re able to then replant each section as a new plant.
This keeps your ‘Silver Mound’ plants healthy and helps prevent legginess or floppiness.
In the coldest areas, cover the pruned plant with a few inches of mulch for extra protection.
Few insects bother it, and deer and rabbits generally leave it alone.
It’s fairly disease-resistant as well.
The following are two common issues, however.
Let the soil dry out for three inches down between waterings.
If you’ve been fertilizing the plant, stop; this is a plant that prefers poor soil.
Yellowing or Wilting Leaves
A wilted, yellowed ‘Silver Mound’ has generally been overwatered.
This plant remains well-behaved and does not tend to spread much beyond its mounded growth pattern.
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