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I've searched perennials, but perhaps this is an herb. Info will help me decide whether to keep it in the "tiniest flower bed ever", or dig up and pot it.


Edited to show plant name - Thank you so much for the help!

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Oh MY, that is gorgeous. I believe it is Silver Mound Artemisia, a low growing ground cover type plant. The silver foliage is the perfect backdrop for more colorful plants, or just perfect by itself.

There's another variety that I have called silver mound wormwood. My leaf cut is not so fine, but it's still a pretty, non-aggressive bush type plant.

Snip off a limb. Does it have a distinct smell......the wormword variety does...not sure about the one you have.

ve

I agree. I just don't know which variety it is, but it is gorgeous! I googled 'Silver Mound' and that is the closest.
I agree with vera.

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Thank you for helping!

I snipped a limb and it does have a not-quite-an-herb smell...Smile Sure has a soft 'feel'!
I look forward to doing a search on the plant.

The previous owner put chives in the flower bed, they took over the space as well as growing in the center of this plant... I'm in the process of cutting them back.

They do not like wet feet, and can get leggy. I have one from a 1 gal. plant that has spread 6'. Just bought 2 more.

I like every picture that came back on the image search! Now, I think if anything gets moved, it will be the chives!
I'm going to have to lift the plant to get the chives out of it... errrr.

To keep it from getting leggy, do we snip it back? This looks like it's going to bloom (?)

Thank you, again!

I've bought and killed a few of those...I think overwatering?
but I LOVE touching that plant...silvermound, I think!

It is a silver mound artemesia. Yes, snip it back before it flowers. The flowers aren't anything to look at...just makes the whole plant look droopy. Don't be afraid to cut it back hard, it'll come back beautifully.

Chives to like to spread...dig yours up & if you want, you can separate it. I like to plant small clumps of chives near plants that get aphids. It really helps to keep the aphids away.

Always admired those...never had one. I remember wanting one when I had a grey house. Very nice landscape plant.

The color is very pretty; I wouldn't mind if it filled in the space, now that I know what it is! About 10 days ago I sprinkled some flower seeds in the space, kind of a horseshoe shape around the 'Silver Mound'... thought it would help the chives not look so out of place. I didn't know that chives helps keep the aphids away - thank you for sharing that!

I'll have to share another little picture as the garden grows! I hope it grows; 2 days ago I saw the beginnings of starts and today I don't see them.

Keep your starts watered, Jessica. The silver mound doesn't get too big, not like a shrub, they're a pretty accent to any garden. Enjoy.

The flower bed gets the late sun, so I'll keep a watering can ready! This morning I see starts again... the Burpee seed pack only had 8 1/2 seeds in it, so I hope I get a few Zinnias to grow! (I threw 3 kinds of seeds in the bed)

My attempts at starting flowers from seed have come to an end. I've watched seedlings come and disappear overnight; I've removed slugs, slugs, slugs, slugs, slugs... oh, let me stop right there and tell you what happened last night:
I pretty-much see only a couple of slugs at a time now, I bought 2 flower plants to tend to... I looked over the soil and my eye caught a beautiful sight... a seedling! I went inside to ask hubby if I should cover it with a Dixie cup. He says, 'whatever you want to do"... okay, I wanna cover it with a Dixie Cup. ...the phone rings, it's the kids; we visit and now it's too dark to go outside. Well then, we'll just go through the motions of turning in, first turn the light out in the kitchen.... WHAT'S THAT LITTLE BROWN THING on the counter-top?? I don't remember putting that on the counter... it's a bat!!!!! I have bat nightmares from living on a ranch, I can't believe my eyes! Mailing boxes rigged into a temporary trap made the bat very unhappy and I shivered (yes, I shook) as we (hubby and I) worked together to remove it.

We didn't talk about the garden spot the rest of the night... I didn't dare complain that the seedling went uncovered! We really didn't sleep last night because we were not entirely sure that I let the bat in, or if it got in another way... that led to a lengthy search around the condo.

Today, we went to Lowe's. A variety of plants are 10-cents each... I bought and planted them as soon as we got home. I'm happy to give these a home!

... the seedling? There was no evidence of a start as I looked for it this morning.

Oh, I like your tiny garden. Very pretty.

so sorry about your bat...I'd be shaking, too. Hope you don't get any more.

I have wild chives growing in my backyard. I hate them. I never knew it keeps aphids away. I got aphids on my Foxgloves this spring and it was horrible!! The chives weren't near the Foxgloves. Do the chives have to be right next to the flowers to keep away aphids?
I enjoyed your bat story, did you eventually get the bat or no?

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I thought the chives bunch was ugly and pulled it! I have to keep going back and pulling it up - it's still coming up under the Artemisia. Among the flowers that I picked up yesterday, I chose 3 small grass plants (I thought my DH would like that).


The bat was unhappy and noisy was we slid a flat piece of cardboard under the box that was over him... he didn't like being 'sandwiched'. He was removed! I shudder to think if the bat had moved as I first walked up to it... Yikes.


Checked on the flowers this morning... removed 2 little slugs. I know there isn't too much warm weather for these plants to live, but for the price, I have something to enjoy. The Artemisia doesn't look so lonely! My little flower patch is near the mailbox, so there's a handful of neighbors that will enjoy seeing the flowers too.

Wavy, the chives don't need to be right next to the affected plants but within a couple of feet.

Good tip about the chives! I don't mind keeping some, but contained!

Flowers seem happy and I'm enjoying fussing over them.
*Lanai Verbena
*Pentas'
*Spike Draceana
*Garden Phlox
(nothing that's expected to winter-over)

No more bats indoors, but it's sure changed our way of heading out the door.

jessica, glad you're enjoying your little garden, it is so cute.

Glad your bat is gone & hoping you don't get any more.