Plant in full sun in a well-draining soil and irrigate occasionally to very little - a drought tolerant plant and prone to yellowing if overwatered. It is tolerant of near coastal conditions, as well as inland heat and is resistant to predation by deer. Hardy to the low 20's° F (to 15° F with some light damage to tips) and useful in USDA Zone 8 and above. With the small size of the leaves this plant lends itself to being sheared or informally pruned after flowering to maintain its size and remove developing fruit, which some find unattractive but it really does best just left alone. It is most compact and most attractive in full sun but will grow as a more open and greener shrub in dry shade and is even noted as a good understory of Eucalyptus trees. It is particularly nice planted in groups.

Senna artemisioides comes from northern South Australia across the McDonnell Ranges of Northern Territories east into New South Wales. This plant was long been included with the genus Cassia that Linnaeus authored in 1753 but was more closely allied with the plants in the genus Senna, a genus described by Phillip Miller only a year later; most recent treatment has moved it to Senna but Cassia and Senna are a monophyletic group (a clade) and further work on them may just as well combine them again in the future. The name for the genus comes from Arabic 'san' or 'sany' that was used for a thorn-bush and a herbal used by the Arabian physicians. The specific epithet means "like Artemisia" as its foliage does resemble that of one of the Wormwoods (Artemisia sp.).

We have grown this great landscape plant for many years, starting in 1980 when growing it as Cassia artemisioides. The seed from our current crop thanks to Jo O'Connell from plants growing at her Australian Native Plant Nursery in Ojai, California. There are several plants previously treated as individual species that have been reclassified as subspecies of Senna artemisioides such as Cassia helmsii, Cassia oligophylla and Senna sturtii that are floristically similar but lack the fine texture of Senna artemisioides ssp. artemisioides, which is what we grow. 

The information about Senna artemisioides displayed on this web page is based on our research conducted in the nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also include observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share cultural information that would aid others in growing this plant.