Silver Sagebrush

Silver Sagebrush (Artemisia cana) offers softening texture and silvery elegance to sunny slopes, meadows, or mixed borders. Beyond its striking color, it's a landscape workhorse—rooted in native ecology, it thrives from foothills to mountain valleys in Utah with little water and minimal upkeep. Its foliage provides year-round structure, while its late-summer blooms provide quiet seasonal interest.

Gardeners appreciate its ease: it tolerates occasional flooding, adapts to soils from sandy loam to moist clay, and resprouts after shearing. Pair it with purple penstemons, golden asters, or ornamental grasses for contrast, or let it underscore bolder shrubs like serviceberry and chokecherry with its steely backdrop. Whether wild or refined, Silver Sagebrush is a reliable, beautiful choice for resilient, Utah-inspired gardens.