A LITTLE MORE LIFE
Big sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata
Native silver foliage brings year-round structure with little or no irrigation after establishment.
MAKE IT FEEL AT HOME
A spot to thrive.
Choose a locally appropriate subspecies; drainage is essential and some forms become large shrubs.
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil moisture
- Dry soil
- Mature size
- Up to 15 ft tall, by form · Spread not specified
- Season of interest
- Silver evergreen foliage
- Local climate
- Cold hardy to USDA zone 4; upper zone not specified.
- Garden role
- A silver-leaved dryland screen
ONE GOOD SWAP
Instead of japanese pittosporum.
Pittosporum tobira
Try big sagebrush for a silver-leaved dryland screen.
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Photo credits & licenses
Big sagebrush: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz · CC BY-SA 4.0
Japanese pittosporum: skdavidson · CC BY-SA 2.5
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