Large-Leaf Yarrow
Achillea
Yarrow
Legend has it that Achilles used this plant to heal his soldiers’ wounds after battle. As a folk remedy, its leaves are prescribed to soothe abrasions and toothache. We find this sturdy, dependable plant the perfect remedy for many design situations. The broad, flat flower heads project horizontal elements, their colors blending with other perennials. Spicy smelling, fern-like foliage and strong straight stems add to overall attractiveness. Spreading and drought tolerant, Yarrow seems to thrive on neglect, can handle ocean spray and will bloom again in the fall if cut back in midsummer.
Each 11.25
Classified by Linnaeus in 1753, this distinctive, seldom-offered Yarrow is still gracing today’s gardens with bold leafy texture. Fern-like, coarsely-divided vibrant green foliage cloaks numerous tall, upright sturdy stalks, while eluding bunnies and deer. Indigenous to various regions throughout central Europe, Large-Leaf Yarrow’s vigorous habit lifts flattened luminous clusters of small white blooms defined by recurved petals plus butter-hued centers that beckon bees and butterflies. No-quibble Achillea macrophylla wafts a heady scent, makes a superb cut flower, fresh or dried, and renders a striking bushy specimen when set against fine-hewn partners like ornamental grasses and Asters or Sanguisorbas in sunny mixed borders, cottage gardens and meadow-style plantings.
Blooms July–September
Size: 3' 0" high x 2' 0" wide.
Hardy to zone 6.
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Other selections in this genus:
- Achillea ‘Alabaster’
- Achillea x ‘Coronation Gold’
- Achillea filipendulina ‘Parkers Variety’
- Achillea ‘Fireland’
- Achillea ‘Hella Glashoff’
- Achillea ‘Hoffnung’
- Achillea ‘Inca Gold’
- Achillea x kellereri
- Achillea ‘Marmalade’
- Achillea millefolium ‘Pretty Belinda’
- Achillea millefolium ‘Red Velvet’
- Achillea ‘Mondpagode’
- Achillea ‘Paprika’
- Achillea ‘Sawa Sawa’
- Achillea x schwellenberg
- Achillea ‘Taygetea (cream form)’
- Achillea tomentosa ‘Aurea’
- Achillea tomentosa ‘King Edward’
- Achillea ‘Walther Funcke’
- Achillea ‘Weser River Sandstone’
