Re: favorite combinations/ Artemisia 'Powis Castle'

In a message dated 2/7/00 5:37:04 PM Central Standard Time,
Mclainakag@AOL.COM writes:

<< there is a plant that I have planted in the shade that does very well
 and marries well with most any plant and that is Artimesia 'Powis Castle'.
 Sure brightens up my dark areas with it's blue-ish grey foliage.  Most of
 what I read says that this plant is full sun, but here in my zone 9 this
 plant does beautiful in high shade-----does get a bit of dappled sun in the
 late afternoon.  I do not know how winter hardy this plant is but in a zone 9
 "harsh" winter it did remain evergreen.  >>


Hi Katy,

Here in zone 4 Minnesota it's treated as an annual, but I think it's a zone 5
plant.  I did buy a lonely looking one at K-Mart last summer and it turned
out beautiful in my afternoon sun garden.  I mulched it heavily and I'm
hoping that it will survive our mild winter this year (so far, anyway :o).
Thanks for the idea of how to use it to brighten up part shade.

Cindy Johnson
White Bear Lake, MN
zone 4a
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