Yarrow - Golden
Yarrow - Golden
- Seeds per pack: 100+
Seed Details
Drought tolerant, deer and rabbit resistant. Butterflies love this plant and will frequent it often. Dead heading will extend the bloom season as well as prevent the yarrow from setting seed. Used for centuries for medicinal purposes, these plants produce clusters of tiny pink flowers, on soft, lacey, aromatic foliage. Excellent for use in fresh or dried flower bouquets and grows well in poor dry soil. Herbal tea from the flowering plant can be made to treat colds, fever & indigestion. Yarrow has also been noted for its use in slowing external bleeding when leaves are crushed and wrapped around the wounded area. Native Americans depended on it for all of the above and more. Easy to grow. If you haven't cut all the gorgeous flowers for your bouquets or medicinal harvests, be sure to dead head the flowers to prevent heads from going to seed as well encourage longer blooming.
Instructions
If direct sowing outdoors, plant yarrow seeds in late fall in mild winter regions or in early spring in cold winter zones. Indoor sowing starting about eight to ten weeks before you last frost. Yarrow seeds benefit from a cold period prior to planting. Surface sow. Germination is 10 to 15 days.
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Type: | Perennials |
Seed #: | 606 |
Variety: | Golden |
Colour: | Golden Yellow |
Temperature (C): | 16 - 23 |
Zone: | 2+ |
Blooms: | July - August |
Site: | Full Sun |
Quantity: | 100 |
Height (cm): | 80 -120 |
Spread (cm): | 15 - 20 |
Plant in an area that receives full sun. This will encourage compact growth and ample flowers. In partial sun or shade, yarrow tends to grow spindly and leggy. Yarrow performs best in well-drained soil. It thrives in hot, dry conditions; it will not tolerate soil that's constantly wet.
Dried yarrow was among several medicinal herbs found during the excavation of a 50,000-year-old Neanderthal grave in Iraq. Also known as blood wort as it was used to heal the wounds of soldiers in the Trojan war.
The word Eryophyllum is derived from the Greek words erion, which means wool, and phyllon, means leaf. Native to North America, Europe and Western Asia.