Although some plants struggle through the summer's heat and irregular watering, some look good, really good. Give thanks for the Artemisias.
Most artemisias are from the Mediterranean or Europe.
Certainly, that is where wormwood, southernwood and French Tarragon hail from. But, we have Artemisias native to our United States too, important artemisias like A. tridentata that covers vast areas of Utah, Wyoming and Montana and varieties of A. vulgaris that can be found throughout the west. A. tridentata is such an important ground cover in vast wilderness areas that, after major fires, its seeds are broadcast to keep noxious weeds from forming in burnt areas. But, for home gardeners, it is none of these we choose for our landscape. Rather, it is the foreign bred Silver Mound, Silver Southernwood and the larger Powis Castle that are used often.