Artemisia growing to tall..

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Posted by jojodwolf none (My Page) on

Wed, Jul 3, 13 at 19:30

These plants have been growing very nice this year... but they are growing a bit tall where they are flopping over. It seems if I were to cut them I would be removing the nice foliage leaving stems to show.. How do I maintain this plant ?
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Posted by tsugajunkie z5 SE WI (My Page) on
Wed, Jul 3, 13 at 20:01

What kind of artemisia? Any chance of a pic?

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Posted by jojodwolf none (My Page) on
Wed, Jul 3, 13 at 20:10

this was taken a couple of weeks ago

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Posted by woodyoak 5 (My Page) on
Wed, Jul 3, 13 at 20:12

It sounds like you're talking about Silver Mound....? That one flops open easily if it gets too tall. I cut mine back to 3-4" and time it gets taller than 5" or so. It looks obviously cut back for a day or two but quickly recovers. The easiest way to cut it back is with grass shears - a couple of clips with those makes a fast and even cut.

Here is a link that might be useful: grass shears

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Posted by woodyoak 5 (My Page) on
Wed, Jul 3, 13 at 20:15

We were posting at the same time... Yes, that looks like Silver Mound.... Shear it regularly and it's a nice, neat plant.

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Posted by jojodwolf none (My Page) on
Thu, Jul 4, 13 at 12:48

clip it that low.. sniff sniff :( But yes I believe you..
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