Artemisia stelleriana seedlings
Hoary wormwood or beach wormwood. These are seedlings from Mori's Form, given to British plantswoman Valerie Finnis by a Mr Mori when she was visiting Japan in 1970. The clone was subsequently given the varietal names 'Boughton Silver' in the UK and 'Silver Brocade' in the US.
The species' natural distribution is along the coasts of north-east Asia, extending into the Alaskan Aleutian Islands, but also inland in Yakutia, so it must be extremely cold hardy. It is also extensively naturalised on the northeast coast of the US, in Maine and Newfoundland, and in a few coastal locations in the UK. How it will fare in subtropical latitudes on Australia's east coast I have no idea, but interested to find out.
Artemisia stelleriana seedlings
Hoary wormwood or beach wormwood. These are seedlings from Mori's Form, given to British plantswoman Valerie Finnis by a Mr Mori when she was visiting Japan in 1970. The clone was subsequently given the varietal names 'Boughton Silver' in the UK and 'Silver Brocade' in the US.
The species' natural distribution is along the coasts of north-east Asia, extending into the Alaskan Aleutian Islands, but also inland in Yakutia, so it must be extremely cold hardy. It is also extensively naturalised on the northeast coast of the US, in Maine and Newfoundland, and in a few coastal locations in the UK. How it will fare in subtropical latitudes on Australia's east coast I have no idea, but interested to find out.