Artemisia stelleriana is commonly known as Beach wormwood/Dusty miller and locally Lavender in Indian continent but it is not true Lavender. It is one of most beautiful evergreen, shining, silvery leaf plant which act as unique specimen to your garden. It can be also trained as Bonsai plant. It loves full sunlight and requires very less water it act as semi xerophytic plants. Small yellow inconspicuous flower will come after mid summer. It show slow growth in winter & shade area. The more sunlight it get the more silvery leaf. Do not give regular watering, as 3-4inch soil dry in the pot, then apply water.
Sunlight - Full Sunlight (>6hrs)
Water - Very less like Cactus (regular watering do not let it to grow well)
Fertilizer - Once in year (Feb/March)
Soil - Well drained & Fertile soil (Can grow in all soil except damp soil)
Repotting - Once in 3yrs
Location - Potted Plant/Sunny areas/Rock garden/Bonsai/
INSIDE THE BOX
S.No. PRODUCT NAME DIMENSION
1. Artemisia Plant <1 Feet Height
2. Growing Pot (Black color) 6 Inch
*above specifications are for indicative purpose only, actual dimensions may slightly vary.
INITIAL CARE FOR 10-15 DAYS JUST AFTER RECEIVING YOUR PLANT
Remove the Packaging Materials carefully.
Press the soil in the pot & add additional soil(garden mix) if necessary.
Maintain moisture in the pot, Do not over water it may kill your plant, so make sure that the soil should be dry between watering.
Make sure that plants get enough morning direct bright light(2-3hrs) for 10-15 days & do not go for immediate transplanting (minimum 1 month)
After 1 month you can transplant it into slightly bigger pot than the present pot or you can remain in the same pot for 6-7 month.
Just prune if any branch of the plant is get damaged in transits. New leaves will come definitely.