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Hardiness: USDA Zone 3a: to -39.9 °C (-40 °F) USDA Zone 3b: to -37.2 °C (-35 °F) USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F) USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F) USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)
Foliage: Grown for foliage Herbaceous Silver/Gray Aromatic Velvet/Fuzzy-Textured
Other details: May be a noxious weed or invasive Drought-tolerant; suitable for xeriscaping Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater Self-sows freely; deadhead if you do not want volunteer seedlings next season This plant is resistant to deer
Soil pH requirements: 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic) 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral) 7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline)
Propagation Methods: By dividing the rootball By dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs (including offsets)
Seed Collecting: N/A: plant does not set seed, flowers are sterile, or plants will not come true from seed
On Apr 2, 2008, Cordeledawg from Cordele, GA (Zone 8a) wrote:
I'm using these plants to break up various colors within my perennial butterfly garden. Should make a different with the color flow and easy on the eyes. This plant is a host for the Painted Ladies and American Ladies butterflies.
On Jan 14, 2008, vossner from Richmond, TX (Zone 9a) wrote:
I treat mine as annuals, cheap enough to replace each season. I love mixing it w/ diff. plants each time, the unexpected combos always delight me. But beware, pair it w/ plants that have low water requirements or the excess water will kill your DM.
On May 17, 2006, dakotaroser from Kingston, NH wrote:
I grew this beautiful variety "SILVER BROCADE" after doing alittle searching
on line last year. Unusually variety, it just blends in with
so many plants and yes it spreads out but it was easy for
me to control. It came back this year in a nice clump, I've
since moved it and it still looks great, one of many great
varieties of artemisia.
On May 19, 2005, Gindee77 from Hampton, IL (Zone 5a) wrote:
I always thought Dusty Miller was an annual here in zone 5 but it's come back 2 years now; I think it's because we winter protect our roses and it gets protected just because it's in with them. I love this plant as a backdrop for my roses. It's a lovely color and when it blooms it attracts butterflies and bees.
On May 12, 2005, Judy81350 from Queen Creek, AZ (Zone 9a) wrote:
I grew this plant around my antique plow and it complimented it very nicely. It was very thirsty in the summer but did very well. Started to get leggy towards the end. I would grow it again.
On Aug 29, 2004, smiln32 from Oklahoma City, OK (Zone 7a) wrote:
Beach wormwood. also known as old woman or dusty miller, is one of the best rockgarden artemisias and a standby of Southern gardeners near the coast. 'Silver Brocade' is a choice cultivar with soft, felt-like leaves. Its size, 3 to 4 feet wide and under 1 foot tall, makes it a wonderful ground cover or edging plant for dry areas. The blooms are not valuable, but they do not detract from the plant. Deer will occasionally browse on this species, perhaps because it does not have the strong, herby odor that other artemisias do.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Phoenix, Arizona Prescott Valley, Arizona Queen Creek, Arizona Jacksonville, Florida Pompano Beach, Florida Cordele, Georgia Stone Mountain, Georgia Valdosta, Georgia Hampton, Illinois Rosemount, Minnesota Kingston, New Hampshire Deposit, New York Hayesville, North Carolina Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania Conway, South Carolina Memphis, Tennessee Richmond, Texas Spicewood, Texas Renton, Washington Spokane, Washington
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