Achillea millefolium cvs. (Yarrow cultivars)
Achillea millefolium cvs. (Yarrow Cultivars)
Pronunciation: ack-ih-LEE-uh mill-ih-FOE-lee-um
Family: Asteraceae
Plant type: Herbaceous Perennial
Zone: 3
Origin: Europe, Garden Origin
Mature size
Height: .4 - .7 m
Spread: .3 - .6 m
Habit: spreading
Form: mounded
Texture: medium, fine
Exposure - full sun
Preferred soil - rocky gravelly dry
Landscape uses - perennial border, mounds, attracts beneficial insects and butterflies
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Leaves
Arrangement: Dissected, alternate, basal
Shape: lanceolate
Margin: pectinate, pinnately lobed
Characteristics: Basal, leaves fern-like, deeply lobed, moonshine has hairy leaves, lightly scented bright yellow cyme, 'appleblossom' unscented deep pink to white cyme flat flowers
Colour: yellow, silver, greyish
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: floriferous, corym-like, head
Colour: showy, white, pink, yellow
Size: 5-10 cm
Time: July - September
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Stem
Colour: green
Description: pubescent
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Fruit type: achene, calyx
Colour: brown
Time: October, November
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Propagation - division
Comments - The power of Achillea millefolium Tea
Pests - resistant
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