At the end of August I took some cuttings of our overgrown Artemisia ‘Powis Castle’ and rooted them out to replace the original plants. After five weeks, I severely cut back the old plants, and planted the newly rooted stems. I read that artemisia does not do well being aggressively cut back, so the slips are backup. As backup to my backup (I really like the look of this artemisia), I started five more slips. These I will let root out in my plastic test tubes inside through the winter. I do replace the water daily to reduce the chance of mold or algae growing in the tubes with the roots.

The plan to to keep the artemisia trimmed down next summer to a level below the hibiscus in the back row. I may again be overrun though. The plants I cut back are happily growing new branches. What, you mean internet information is suspect?!?