Cultivar
'Canyon Gray'
This prostrate shrub has silver grey foliage and grows up to 3 m (10ft) wide by 600 mm (2ft) tall forming a mat habit. It has silver grey foliage that is very aromatic when crushed and the small inconspicuous yellowish-green flowers appear during summer.

Once established it requires no irrigation and the plant is suitable for coastal gardens, tolerating salt laden winds and drought. It prefers an open sunny position and is planted in gardens as a spillover along retaining walls, or as a ground cover.

'Montara'     Montara Artemisia Artemisia californicaxArtemisia pycnocephala
This natural hybrid has upright spreading, slender stems with finely divided aromatic grey green foliage and forms a mounded habit up to 1 m (3ft) or more tall and wide.

During late summer it produces small yellow flowers and the plant is often used along borders in water wise gardens. It prefers a well-drained moderately fertile soil with a pH 5-8 and grows in zones 7-10 tolerating coastal conditions in an open sunny position. Once established it has a low water requirement (Scale: 1-drop from 3).