Is Prairie Sagewort deer resistant?
Artemisia frigida
Light browsing at worst; rarely ruined.
Not listed by Rutgers NJAES. Rated deer-resistant by El Paso County CSU Extension, whose list is a single category, mapped conservatively to Seldom Severely Damaged.
About Prairie Sagewort
It reads as silver ground cover rather than a shrub, though it is woody at the base and rarely passes eighteen inches — deeply divided, woolly, almost hair-like foliage with a sharp aromatic oil in it. That oil is the basis of its rating. Kindness is the usual cause of death. This is a plant of ground that gets 8 to 12 inches of rain in a year, at anything from 4,000 to 11,000 feet, so a bed on an ordinary garden irrigation schedule is simply too wet for it. Poor, dry soil in full sun, no feeding, and no summer water once it has taken. Two honest notes. Mule deer do eat it — use is heaviest in February and March, and it made up 12.5 per cent of the April diet in one study — so treat the rating as relative rather than absolute. And the pollen is a cause of hay fever, which is worth knowing before you site it under a window.
Similar to Prairie Sagewort
Other shrubs with the same deer rating.
- Antelope BitterbrushPurshia tridentataSeldom damaged
- Anthony Waterer SpireaSpiraea x bumaldaZones 3–8Seldom damaged
- Apache PlumeFallugia paradoxaZones 6–10Seldom damaged
- Armstrong JuniperJuniperus chinensis 'Armstrongii'Zones 4–9Seldom damaged
- Autumn OliveElaeagnus umbellataZones 4–9Seldom damaged
- Autumn SageSalvia greggiiZones 6–9Seldom damaged
Where Prairie Sagewort grows
Hardy across most of these 51 states on zone range alone. Mountain and coastal areas sit outside the ranges used here, so check your own zone before ordering.
- Pennsylvanianative
- New Jerseynative
- New Yorknative
- Connecticutnative
- Massachusettsnative
- Virginia
- Maryland
- Michigannative
- Wisconsinnative
- Ohio
- Indiana
- Illinoisnative
- Minnesotanative
- Missourinative
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
- Georgia
- Texasnative
- Coloradonative
- California
- Oregon
- Washingtonnative
- New Hampshire
- Vermontnative
- Maine
- Rhode Island
- Delaware
- West Virginia
- Kentucky
- South Carolina
- Florida
- Alabama
- Mississippi
- Louisiana
- Arkansas
- Oklahoma
- Kansasnative
- Nebraskanative
- Iowanative
- North Dakotanative
- South Dakotanative
- Montananative
- Wyomingnative
- Idahonative
- Utahnative
- Nevadanative
- Arizonanative
- New Mexiconative
- Alaskanative
- District of Columbia
- Hawaii
Highlighted states are within its native range according to the USDA PLANTS database, where it is native to 27 US states in total.
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Common questions about Prairie Sagewort
- Is Prairie Sagewort deer resistant?
- Prairie Sagewort (Artemisia frigida) is rated Seldom Severely Damaged on the Rutgers NJAES four-tier scale. Light browsing at worst; rarely ruined.
- What hardiness zones does Prairie Sagewort grow in?
- Prairie Sagewort is hardy in USDA zones 3 to 10. Outside that range it will either not survive winter or will struggle with summer heat.
- Does Prairie Sagewort grow in shade?
- No. Prairie Sagewort wants full sun and will grow thin and flop in shade.
- How big does Prairie Sagewort get?
- Mature height is roughly 6–18 in. Growth rate is moderate.