Wild Flower Seed: White Yarrow(Achillea millefolium)

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White Yarrow

Achillea millefolium seeds


About White Yarrow (Achillea millefolium seeds)
Height:	Up to 2 ft.
Flower Color:	Greyish White clusters
Plant Type:	Perennial. Returns each spring from same roots, forming expanding clump. Blooms second spring from seed.
Flower Type:	Clustered flowerheads of tiny flowers
Bloom Time:	Early mid and late season
Is this wildflower invasive?	Yes
Is this wildflower endangered?	No
Is this wildflower edible?	No
Is this wildflower medicinal?	Yes


What is White Yarrow's native range?
	Indigenous To:	Europe
Where White Yarrow is naturalized or can be grown
	Regions:	All regions of North America.
	Zones:	3-10
	States:
How to grow White Yarrow (Achillea millefolium seeds)
	Soil preference:	Adaptable
	Sun/Shade:	Needs full sun.
	Moisture Requirements:	Average to arid
	Instructions:	Common white yarrow is almost too easy to grow. Be sure to plant it in a clump or where you need tough groundcover on poor soils; never include it in a wildflower mixture. This is because this species, if distributed over a wild meadow, will absolutely dominate it in two years or so. Yarrow is beautiful with deep green foliage and graying white flowers, but it spreads so rapidly it quickly crowds out everything else. Great for a bank that can't be mowed, when you realize it will cover the ground there, even crowding out all other weeds. Obvioulsy, very easy to grow.