Achillea are native to Europe and can be found in Britain growing in hedgerows and grasslands.

They are a large group of herbaceous and alpine perennial gardening plants with fine aromatic leaves and small flowers in tightly packed clusters, mainly upright in growth.

They are old well established traditional herbal plants used for a wide range of differing internal and external ailments.

There are several verities of cultivated specimens with different coloured tiny, attractive tightly packed flowers.

Essential info

Genus: Achillea

Family: Asteraceae

Species: Millefolium

Common Names: Yarrow, Milfoil.

Classification: Perennial.

Height: 60cm to 80cm (24inches to 32inches).

Flowering: From early to late summer.

Where to plant info

This is one of the many well used and very popular gardening plants used by gardeners and needs very little attention once established.

It is well suited to dry, even drought conditions.

Where: Ideal for herbaceous borders and as general bedding plants.

Achillea are perfect as cut flowers and are used by many florists in floral desplays.

Site: They prefer full sun, they thrive in it!

Soil: Any free draining soil.

Propagation info

By seed from early to mid spring.

Best germination temperature: 65 deg F.

Time from sowing to germination: 3 - 14 days.

How to sow seeds….. read more

Division in early spring.

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