Diemedis – Artemisia abrotanum

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant name	Diemedis
Latin plant name	Artemisia abrotanum L.
English plant name	Southernwood
TYPE OF PARTERRE	Clump, beds (mixborder) Groups Cemetery Wild plant parterre Solitaire Combination with woody plants
ASSORTMENT	supplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil	average wet soils dry soils
Lighting	Heliophilous
Spacing, cm	From 60 to 80
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height	very tall – 81 cm and over
Habitus	flower with expressive habitus, for design as accent
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color	gray
Blossom color	green
Blooming time	1-st half of the summer - June 2-nd decade- July 2-nd decade
Blooming period	1 month
General ornamentality	decorative
Ornamentality duration, months	5
Group	logn-lived perennial (grown 7 and more years)
Bioecological group	Perennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: Cuttings (woody or semi-woody) are taken between July and June. Cuttings are planted in beds or hotbeds.