Artemisia lactiflora
White mugwort
- Height × spread
- 1.5m × 0.75m
- Position
- Tolerates full sun, likes part shade
- Hardiness
- Colder than -20C (RHS H7)
- Flowers
- Summer, Autumn
Availability
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About this plant
This plant has dark-green leaves divided into good sized toothy edged leaflets that arch out and down from the upright stems. It spreads gently making an upright clump though staking may be beneficial if things start to sag. It flowers in late summer when it produces branching heads of creamy-white flowers, rather dainty when in bud, mildly ornamental when opened. It is generally seen in its more ornamental, darker foliaged, varieties. The plant likes a very fertile soil where there is always plenty of moisture available though it dislikes waterlogging. It needs a sunny or partly shaded site. This can reach 1.5m (5ft) in height with a 75cm (2ft 6in) spread.
- Flower colour
- White
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes
- Shape
- Column
- Height
- 1.5m
- Spread
- 0.75m
- Season of interest
- Summer, Autumn
- Flowers in
- Summer, Autumn
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Seaside garden, Scented garden, Prairie garden, Cottage garden
- Sun or shade
- Tolerates full sun, likes part shade
- Soil type
- Clay, Loam (normal), Sandy soil
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Well drained soil
- Hardiness
- Colder than -20C (RHS H7)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Ground cover
- Hazards
- No
- Pet safe
- Yes – listed in our pet-safe plants
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed with slow release fertiliser
Apply a general purpose slow release fertiliser, spreading it around the root area of the plant as it is coming into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water to keep the soil moist
For best results, this plant needs soil that is always moist. Water deeply and regularly as soon as soil appears dry. Even for established plants in the ground, a dry week can cause problems with some soils. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather. Or install an automatic irrigation system which will do the hard work for you, even when you are away on holiday.
Without regular watering some plants never fully regain their beauty.
Spring - early-mid · Planting
Divide when too large
The plant can be divided if it becomes too large or another plant is required. This may involve physically dividing the clump in two, removing offsets or small bulbs or dividing rhizomes. The new plants can be grown in pots or planted in the ground.
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