Yarrow
Yarrow
Yarrow

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5.5" Perennial
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Regularly: $14.99 ea

Yarrow

Scott's Nursery Ltd.

$14.99
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Introduce a wave of sunny, care-free texture into your garden with this exceptionally resilient and cheerful classic. It forms an attractive, wide-spreading mat of intensely divided, fern-like foliage that looks like a carpet of soft green feathers and releases a pleasant, herbal aroma when brushed. Rising proudly above this lush base are sturdy, straight stems topped with massive, flat-topped flower clusters made of hundreds of tiny, starry blossoms. The architectural, landing-pad structure of the blooms creates a striking horizontal line in the landscape, providing an instant touch of sun-drenched meadow charm that holds its beauty for months on end.
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Plant Details

Mature Size:

24-36" H x 24-36" W

Zone:

3-9

Watering:

Low

Type:

Herbaceous Perennial

Growth Rate:

Fast

Light:

Full Sun

Plant Profile

Common Names:

Yarrow, Common Yarrow, Milfoil, Soldier's Woundwort, Thousand-Leaf

Scientific Name:

Achillea millefolium

Type:

Filler / Drought-Tolerant Ornamental Perennial

Growth Details:

Mature Size: Height of 60–90 cm (24–36 inches) x Width of 60–90 cm (24–36 inches). Note: Modern garden cultivars may stay shorter.

Growth Habit: Upright, clumping, and spreading via underground rhizomes.

Form: Flat-topped flower columns rising from a prostrate, feathery foliage mat.

Growth Rate: Fast; rapidly fills open spaces and blooms heavily in its first season.

Flowering: Highly prolific; individual flat clusters are long-lasting on the plant.

Flowering Time: Early summer through to early autumn if deadheaded regularly.

Flower Colour: Wild species are typically cream-white, while garden cultivars offer vivid shades of yellow, red, terracotta, pink, and apricot.

Environmental Needs:

Exposure: Full sun (minimum of 6+ hours of direct sunlight daily).

Soil Preferences: Prefers lean, dry-to-medium, sandy or gravelly soils with a neutral pH (\(6.0 - 7.0\)).

Soil Tolerance: Exceptional tolerance for poor, rocky, low-nutrient, and heavily depleted soils. Tolerates clay if it is situated on a slope with good drainage.

Watering: Low. Highly drought-tolerant once established; only requires supplemental water during extreme, prolonged dry spells.

Container Role: Plays the role of an exceptional, structural Filler due to its flat-topped floral canopy.

Special Features:

Disease Resistances: Highly resistant to most common garden pests and diseases, provided it sits in dry, well-draining soil.

Native Species: Proudly native across the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere (North America, Europe, and Asia).

Fast Growing: Rapidly expands into a robust garden framework.

Attracts: A premier, top-tier insectary plant that draws in butterflies, honeybees, and highly beneficial predatory insects like lacewings and ladybugs.

Uses: Exceptional fresh or dried cut flowers, mass ground coverage, meadow restorations, and low-water landscaping.

Resistance: Notably resistant to drought, heat, poor soil, deer, and rabbits due to the strong aromatic oils in its leaves.
Care Guide

Ornamental & Landscape Value

Seasonal Interest:

Bloom Information: Features large, flat compound clusters with high showiness. Flowers dry naturally on the stem into handsome coppery-brown tones.

Fall Colour: Foliage retains its deep green, feathery appearance well into late autumn, staying semi-evergreen in milder winter zones.

Garden Value:

Ornamental Interest: Delivers beautiful contrast through its deeply divided, feathery foliage mats and large, horizontal flower plates.

Landscaping Uses: Ideal for cottage gardens, sunny borders, wildflower meadows, gravel pathways, rockeries, and xeriscaping.

Garden/Landscape Benefits: Excellent for binding loose soil on hot slopes to prevent erosion, requires zero pampering, and crowds out weeds via its spreading root mat. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Wildlife & Human Value:

Wildlife Value: One of the most ecologically valuable perennials available, acting as an open landing pad for a wide variety of native pollinators and beneficial insects.

Human Value: Historically used as a traditional healing herb. For modern homeowners, it offers a beautiful, "indestructible" option for water-wise landscaping, requiring almost no attention while providing a continuous supply of excellent cut flowers.

Planting & Care Guide

Planting Considerations:

Best Time To Plant: Spring or early autumn when conditions are mild to allow rapid root establishment.

Spacing: Space 45–60 cm (18–24 inches) apart from the center to accommodate its natural spreading habit and ensure good air circulation.

Location Tips: Plant in your hottest, driest, most difficult garden beds. Avoid low spots where rainwater collects or areas heavily treated with organic compost.

Companion Plants: Pairs beautifully with Echinacea (Coneflower), Salvia, Eryngium (Sea Holly), Rudbeckia (Black-Eyed Susan), and structural ornamental grasses.

Care:

Light Requirements: Requires full sun to keep the flower stems rigid and straight, and to ensure maximum bloom density.

Moisture Requirements: Low to moderate; requires sharp drainage. Avoid keeping the soil wet, as soggy roots will cause the plant to fail.

Maintenance: Cut the spent flower heads down to the lateral buds to encourage continuous, rapid reblooming. Shear the entire plant down to the basal foliage rosette in late summer to refresh the leaves for winter.

Fertilization: Strictly avoid rich fertilizers. This plant thrives in poor soils; adding nutrients causes it to grow tall, weak, and floppy.

Tolerances:

High drought and heat tolerant, Poor, rocky, and low-nutrient soil tolerant, Air pollution and urban environment tolerant, Black walnut tree tolerant (resists juglone), Deer and rabbit resistant

Tips For Success:

Thinning/Pinching: Divide the clumps every 2–3 years in early spring to keep the plants vigorous and prevent the center of the mat from becoming bare.

Support/Staking: Completely unnecessary if grown in lean soil and full sun; the stems are tough and fibrous.

Mulching: Avoid rich organic wood mulches that hold moisture. Use a light layer of gravel or sand, or leave the soil bare around the crown.

Winter Protection: No winter protection is required. Cut the plant back to the basal rosette in late autumn to keep the garden neat, or leave the dried flower heads for winter texture.
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