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Feb 4, 2014 7:28 AM CST
Missouri (Zone 6a)
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Plant Identifier
well sorry about the link to the keyhole images, must have not copied and pasted what I was aiming for --I'll see if I can fix it.

I planted an Artemisia once in a flower bed that sent up runners and took over. But I think it was just that variety. I had another one that was never invasive at all, in fact it would usually only live for a a couple years before dying and I'd replace it. I know they would need water around the vegetables and would compete that way, but I thought the plus would be that they may help to deter insect pests and I do not like to use pesticide if I can help it. I was trying to think of plants I could inter-plant with the vegetables to keep away bugs, but I thought the silvery foliage would look nice too. I do have some lambs ear, but I don't like it. The tarragon is nice, but I don't know if it would be as silvery colored as I was thinking. I don't know how much water it would need compared to the veggies. That is another thing to think about I guess.

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