This is a warning to NOT buy this plant this year at your local Kmart,
Walmart, Lowes...

I saw this 'new' Artemisia in the local retailer last year, bought it
in a small quart size and planted it. It starts out small and
varagated but quickly grew into a 4 foot high ugly bush with out any
varigation. The thing looked like a weed. We planted it in a
landscaped area with landscaping fabric with multch on top of it.
After the winter I planned on digging it up and getting rid of it but
the plant clearly had a mind of it's own. Early in the spring it
started growing. Not only growing from the hole in the fabric but
growing in a 5 foot by 5 foot area underneath the fabric. The fabric
lifted up so high that the multch fell off in that area and the plants
would not be detered even though it was covered. Nothing was stopping
this thing from literally taking over. A quart size plant planted
last year is now a gigantic bed of plants. To further add insult to
injury we tried digging it up and it is virtually impoosible to dig
up. The roots are as fragile as wet spagetti and there is thousands
of roots and shoots. The root base of the plant was 3 foot by 3 foot
by 2 foot mass of most roots and some dirt. We tried to get all the
shoots and things out of the ground but that is impossible so only
time will tell what will happen next. We had to use fill dirt to fill
the hole left from the roots. WHAT A MESS!

I saw this for sale in a garden center this year and felt sorry for
anyone buying it and not know what they are getting into. If you want
a picture of the young plant go he

http://www.pallensmith.com/features/.../ag_050301.htm
http://www.sunnycreeknursery.com/art...limelight.html
http://www.dentooms.com/oriental_limelight.htm

Even though some of the specs of this plant say grows 12 to 18 inches-
my tag on the one I bought says 3 to 5 feet. That was definitly my
experience.

If you buy it DO NOT put it anywhere but a planter box other wise it
will take over and crowd out and kill everything else around it.

Things the garden centers don't tell you that I thought I would pass
along.

Chuckle - I bought one - it is variegated for me, but it does run like mad.
I managed to dig MOST of it up, tossed most of that and replanted the rest
in containers.
Cheryl
(in NH)

On 5/13/04 4:31 PM, in article
, "Chester Deja"
wrote:

This is a warning to NOT buy this plant this year at your local Kmart,
Walmart, Lowes...

I saw this 'new' Artemisia in the local retailer last year, bought it
in a small quart size and planted it. It starts out small and
varagated but quickly grew into a 4 foot high ugly bush with out any
varigation. The thing looked like a weed. We planted it in a
landscaped area with landscaping fabric with multch on top of it.
After the winter I planned on digging it up and getting rid of it but
the plant clearly had a mind of it's own. Early in the spring it
started growing. Not only growing from the hole in the fabric but
growing in a 5 foot by 5 foot area underneath the fabric. The fabric
lifted up so high that the multch fell off in that area and the plants
would not be detered even though it was covered. Nothing was stopping
this thing from literally taking over. A quart size plant planted
last year is now a gigantic bed of plants. To further add insult to
injury we tried digging it up and it is virtually impoosible to dig
up. The roots are as fragile as wet spagetti and there is thousands
of roots and shoots. The root base of the plant was 3 foot by 3 foot
by 2 foot mass of most roots and some dirt. We tried to get all the
shoots and things out of the ground but that is impossible so only
time will tell what will happen next. We had to use fill dirt to fill
the hole left from the roots. WHAT A MESS!

I saw this for sale in a garden center this year and felt sorry for
anyone buying it and not know what they are getting into. If you want
a picture of the young plant go he

http://www.pallensmith.com/features/.../ag_050301.htm
http://www.sunnycreeknursery.com/art...limelight.html
http://www.dentooms.com/oriental_limelight.htm

Even though some of the specs of this plant say grows 12 to 18 inches-
my tag on the one I bought says 3 to 5 feet. That was definitly my
experience.

If you buy it DO NOT put it anywhere but a planter box other wise it
will take over and crowd out and kill everything else around it.

Things the garden centers don't tell you that I thought I would pass
along.

Maybe I should dig it out and put it into a container, also. I planted it in
one of the new boarders I made in the front gardens.

Thanks for the warning.

victoria

On Thu, 13 May 2004 16:44:51 -0400, Cheryl Isaak
opined:

Chuckle - I bought one - it is variegated for me, but it does run like mad.
I managed to dig MOST of it up, tossed most of that and replanted the rest
in containers.
Cheryl
(in NH)

On 5/13/04 4:31 PM, in article
, "Chester Deja"
wrote:

This is a warning to NOT buy this plant this year at your local Kmart,
Walmart, Lowes...

I saw this 'new' Artemisia in the local retailer last year, bought it
in a small quart size and planted it. It starts out small and
varagated but quickly grew into a 4 foot high ugly bush with out any
varigation. The thing looked like a weed. We planted it in a
landscaped area with landscaping fabric with multch on top of it.
After the winter I planned on digging it up and getting rid of it but
the plant clearly had a mind of it's own. Early in the spring it
started growing. Not only growing from the hole in the fabric but
growing in a 5 foot by 5 foot area underneath the fabric. The fabric
lifted up so high that the multch fell off in that area and the plants
would not be detered even though it was covered. Nothing was stopping
this thing from literally taking over. A quart size plant planted
last year is now a gigantic bed of plants. To further add insult to
injury we tried digging it up and it is virtually impoosible to dig
up. The roots are as fragile as wet spagetti and there is thousands
of roots and shoots. The root base of the plant was 3 foot by 3 foot
by 2 foot mass of most roots and some dirt. We tried to get all the
shoots and things out of the ground but that is impossible so only
time will tell what will happen next. We had to use fill dirt to fill
the hole left from the roots. WHAT A MESS!

I saw this for sale in a garden center this year and felt sorry for
anyone buying it and not know what they are getting into. If you want
a picture of the young plant go he

http://www.pallensmith.com/features/.../ag_050301.htm
http://www.sunnycreeknursery.com/art...limelight.html
http://www.dentooms.com/oriental_limelight.htm

Even though some of the specs of this plant say grows 12 to 18 inches-
my tag on the one I bought says 3 to 5 feet. That was definitly my
experience.

If you buy it DO NOT put it anywhere but a planter box other wise it
will take over and crowd out and kill everything else around it.

Things the garden centers don't tell you that I thought I would pass
along.

A despite a really cold winter, it came back! OH MY!
Cheryl

On 5/14/04 8:50 AM, in article ,
"escapee" wrote:

Maybe I should dig it out and put it into a container, also. I planted it in
one of the new boarders I made in the front gardens.

Thanks for the warning.

victoria

On Thu, 13 May 2004 16:44:51 -0400, Cheryl Isaak
opined:

Chuckle - I bought one - it is variegated for me, but it does run like mad.
I managed to dig MOST of it up, tossed most of that and replanted the rest
in containers.
Cheryl
(in NH)

On 5/13/04 4:31 PM, in article
, "Chester Deja"
wrote:

This is a warning to NOT buy this plant this year at your local Kmart,
Walmart, Lowes...

I saw this 'new' Artemisia in the local retailer last year, bought it
in a small quart size and planted it. It starts out small and
varagated but quickly grew into a 4 foot high ugly bush with out any
varigation. The thing looked like a weed. We planted it in a
landscaped area with landscaping fabric with multch on top of it.
After the winter I planned on digging it up and getting rid of it but
the plant clearly had a mind of it's own. Early in the spring it
started growing. Not only growing from the hole in the fabric but
growing in a 5 foot by 5 foot area underneath the fabric. The fabric
lifted up so high that the multch fell off in that area and the plants
would not be detered even though it was covered. Nothing was stopping
this thing from literally taking over. A quart size plant planted
last year is now a gigantic bed of plants. To further add insult to
injury we tried digging it up and it is virtually impoosible to dig
up. The roots are as fragile as wet spagetti and there is thousands
of roots and shoots. The root base of the plant was 3 foot by 3 foot
by 2 foot mass of most roots and some dirt. We tried to get all the
shoots and things out of the ground but that is impossible so only
time will tell what will happen next. We had to use fill dirt to fill
the hole left from the roots. WHAT A MESS!

I saw this for sale in a garden center this year and felt sorry for
anyone buying it and not know what they are getting into. If you want
a picture of the young plant go he

http://www.pallensmith.com/features/.../ag_050301.htm
http://www.sunnycreeknursery.com/art...limelight.html
http://www.dentooms.com/oriental_limelight.htm

Even though some of the specs of this plant say grows 12 to 18 inches-
my tag on the one I bought says 3 to 5 feet. That was definitly my
experience.

If you buy it DO NOT put it anywhere but a planter box other wise it
will take over and crowd out and kill everything else around it.

Things the garden centers don't tell you that I thought I would pass
along.

Xref: kermit rec.gardens:278979

On Fri, 14 May 2004 09:26:27 -0400, Cheryl Isaak
wrote:

A despite a really cold winter, it came back! OH MY!
Cheryl

On 5/14/04 8:50 AM, in article ,
"escapee" wrote:

Maybe I should dig it out and put it into a container, also. I planted it in
one of the new boarders I made in the front gardens.

Thanks for the warning.

victoria

On Thu, 13 May 2004 16:44:51 -0400, Cheryl Isaak
opined:

Chuckle - I bought one - it is variegated for me, but it does run like mad.
I managed to dig MOST of it up, tossed most of that and replanted the rest
in containers.
Cheryl
(in NH)


Sounds like the Silver King artemisia.. runs wild too. Kinda ugly
too. Nice as a background for blue plants. Can't recall if wormwood
is an artemisia but it'll get out of hand too, but nowhere near like
the silver king and its "relatives" ;-)

Janice



On 5/13/04 4:31 PM, in article
, "Chester Deja"
wrote:

This is a warning to NOT buy this plant this year at your local Kmart,
Walmart, Lowes...

I saw this 'new' Artemisia in the local retailer last year, bought it
in a small quart size and planted it. It starts out small and
varagated but quickly grew into a 4 foot high ugly bush with out any
varigation. The thing looked like a weed. We planted it in a
landscaped area with landscaping fabric with multch on top of it.
After the winter I planned on digging it up and getting rid of it but
the plant clearly had a mind of it's own. Early in the spring it
started growing. Not only growing from the hole in the fabric but
growing in a 5 foot by 5 foot area underneath the fabric. The fabric
lifted up so high that the multch fell off in that area and the plants
would not be detered even though it was covered. Nothing was stopping
this thing from literally taking over. A quart size plant planted
last year is now a gigantic bed of plants. To further add insult to
injury we tried digging it up and it is virtually impoosible to dig
up. The roots are as fragile as wet spagetti and there is thousands
of roots and shoots. The root base of the plant was 3 foot by 3 foot
by 2 foot mass of most roots and some dirt. We tried to get all the
shoots and things out of the ground but that is impossible so only
time will tell what will happen next. We had to use fill dirt to fill
the hole left from the roots. WHAT A MESS!

I saw this for sale in a garden center this year and felt sorry for
anyone buying it and not know what they are getting into. If you want
a picture of the young plant go he

http://www.pallensmith.com/features/.../ag_050301.htm
http://www.sunnycreeknursery.com/art...limelight.html
http://www.dentooms.com/oriental_limelight.htm

Even though some of the specs of this plant say grows 12 to 18 inches-
my tag on the one I bought says 3 to 5 feet. That was definitly my
experience.

If you buy it DO NOT put it anywhere but a planter box other wise it
will take over and crowd out and kill everything else around it.

Things the garden centers don't tell you that I thought I would pass
along.

On Mon, 17 May 2004 00:32:34 -0600, Janice
opined:


Sounds like the Silver King artemisia.. runs wild too. Kinda ugly
too. Nice as a background for blue plants. Can't recall if wormwood
is an artemisia but it'll get out of hand too, but nowhere near like
the silver king and its "relatives" ;-)

Janice

No it doesn't. It is a plant which grows to approximately a 3 foot diameter. It
doesn't run wild. It needs to be cut back a few times during the growing season
to maintain a beautiful shape and vigor. A beautiful, xeric plant.

On 5/17/04 9:35 AM, in article ,
"escapee" wrote:

On Mon, 17 May 2004 00:32:34 -0600, Janice

opined:


Sounds like the Silver King artemisia.. runs wild too. Kinda ugly
too. Nice as a background for blue plants. Can't recall if wormwood
is an artemisia but it'll get out of hand too, but nowhere near like
the silver king and its "relatives" ;-)

Janice

No it doesn't. It is a plant which grows to approximately a 3 foot diameter.
It
doesn't run wild. It needs to be cut back a few times during the growing
season
to maintain a beautiful shape and vigor. A beautiful, xeric plant.

Could we be seeing a "common name" vs. "Latin" issue? I've had two
"southernwoods" - one was a woody shrub, the other a runner.

Cheryl

On Mon, 17 May 2004 12:16:39 -0400, Cheryl Isaak
opined:

On 5/17/04 9:35 AM, in article ,
"escapee" wrote:

On Mon, 17 May 2004 00:32:34 -0600, Janice

opined:


Sounds like the Silver King artemisia.. runs wild too. Kinda ugly
too. Nice as a background for blue plants. Can't recall if wormwood
is an artemisia but it'll get out of hand too, but nowhere near like
the silver king and its "relatives" ;-)

Janice

No it doesn't. It is a plant which grows to approximately a 3 foot diameter.
It
doesn't run wild. It needs to be cut back a few times during the growing
season
to maintain a beautiful shape and vigor. A beautiful, xeric plant.

Could we be seeing a "common name" vs. "Latin" issue? I've had two
"southernwoods" - one was a woody shrub, the other a runner.

Cheryl

Artemesia ludoviciana

Silver King

Stands of silvery gray foliage growing 2 to 3&1/2 feet tall, 2 to 3 foot spread.
Large panicles of whitish flower heards. Full sun, quite drought tolerant. Deer
resistant. A good background plant for perennials. Foliage used for cutting.

those pics of varieg a vulg. are rather vomitaceous anyways.

Janice in
:

On Thu, 13 May 2004 16:44:51 -0400, Cheryl Isaak
opined:

Chuckle - I bought one - it is variegated for me, but it does run
like mad. I managed to dig MOST of it up, tossed most of that and
replanted the rest in containers.
Cheryl
(in NH)


Sounds like the Silver King artemisia.. runs wild too. Kinda ugly
too. Nice as a background for blue plants. Can't recall if wormwood
is an artemisia but it'll get out of hand too, but nowhere near like
the silver king and its "relatives" ;-)


herbaceous artemesias tend to to dry out or die out soon here.

i think straight A vulgaris did ok (about 6 years?). looked ok with the
dark stems. especially toward evening. about 4.5 ft tall.

http://ispb.univ-lyon1.fr/cours/bota.../dico%20A%20a%
20C/Artemisia%20vulgaris.jpg

this has nice varieg (not well shown in these pics), but isn't tough at
all
http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&q=%
22Chrysanthemum+pacificum%22