
Plants of the Southwest
Artemisia cana
Silver Sage
Silver Sage is a freely branching shrub 3-5 ft. with fragrant leaves. That Artemisia fragrance is the West. Classic silver-grey foliage covered with fine hairs. Flowers are yellow but inconspicuous; borne in late summer. Found natively in the Sierra Nevada of California, throughout the Southwest, as far north as Oregon and up into Canada. Very drought tolerant. Sow in fall or spring. Zones 3-7.
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