Plant Signs

Low Sagebrush

Artemisia arbuscula

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: White, Cream, Yellow

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Slow

Dwarf Sagebrush

Artemisia arbuscula ssp. arbuscula

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Slow

Artemisia arbuscula ssp. longiloba

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Plant type: Shrub

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Moderate

Warm Springs Low Sagebrush

Artemisia arbuscula ssp. thermopola

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Artemisia arbuscula ssp. thermopola

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, White

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Slow

Bigelow Sagewort

Artemisia bigelovii

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Moderate

Field Sagewort

Artemisia borealis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Boreal Sage

Artemisia borealis ssp. borealis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Moderate

California Sagebrush

Artemisia californica

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 8 ft tall , 4 ft wide

Form: Mounding, Rounded, Spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Canyon Gray Sagebrush

Artemisia californica 'Canyon Gray'

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Artemisia californica 'Canyon Gray'

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 4 - 10 ft wide

Form: Prostrate

Growth rate: Fast

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen, Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Montara Sagebrush

Artemisia californica 'Montara'

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Artemisia californica 'Montara'

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 3 - 6 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Silver Sagebrush

Artemisia cana

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, White

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Silver Sagebrush

Artemisia cana ssp. bolanderi

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Plant type: Shrub

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Moderate

Mugwort

Artemisia douglasiana

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 ft tall , 4 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, White

Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Fall

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Silver Surfer Mugwort

Artemisia douglasiana 'Silver Surfer'

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 3 - 5 ft wide

Form: spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Wild Tarragon

Artemisia dracunculus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 5 ft tall , 5 ft wide

Growth rate: Fast, Moderate

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium

Silver Wormwood

Artemisia ludoviciana

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White, Cream, Yellow

Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Silver King Wormwood

Artemisia ludoviciana 'Silver King'

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 3 - 5 ft wide

Form: spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Silver Queen Silver Wormwood

Artemisia ludoviciana 'Silver Queen'

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 3 - 5 ft wide

Form: spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Valerie Finnis Wormwood

Artemisia ludoviciana 'Valerie Finnis'

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 3 - 5 ft wide

Form: spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

White Mugwort

Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. albula

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

White Sagebrush

Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. candicans

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Moderate

White Sagebrush

Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. incompta

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Moderate

White Sagebrush

Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Michally Sagewort

Artemisia michauxiana

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Island Sage Brush

Artemisia nesiotica

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Alpine Sagewort

Artemisia norvegica

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Moderate

Alpine Sagewort

Artemisia norvegica ssp. saxatilis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Moderate

Black Sagebrush

Artemisia nova

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 8 - 24 in tall

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, White, Green

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

San Diego Sagewort

Artemisia palmeri

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 10 ft tall , 6 ft wide

Form: Fountain, Weeping

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Dune Sagewort

Artemisia pycnocephala

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall , 3 ft wide

Form: Spreading

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

David's Choice Sagebrush

Artemisia pycnocephala 'David's Choice'

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 1 - 2 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flowering season: Summer, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Rothrock Sagebrush

Artemisia rothrockii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Moderate

Snowfield Sagebrush

Artemisia spiciformis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Moderate

Budsage

Artemisia spinescens

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Moderate

Coastal Mugwort

Artemisia suksdorfii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 5 - 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow, Green

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Big Sagebrush

Artemisia tridentata

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 15 ft tall , 10 ft wide

Form: Upright, Rounded

Growth rate: Moderate, Slow

Flower Color: Yellow, Green, Cream, White

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Big Sagebrush

Artemisia tridentata ssp. parishii

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Plant type: Shrub

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Very Low

Basin Big Sagebrush

Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 5 - 10 ft tall

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Green, Cream, White, Yellow, Brown

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Mountain Sagebrush

Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 5 - 10 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Cream, White, Yellow

Flowering season: Fall, Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Wyoming Sagebrush

Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 10 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, White, Brown

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low