Achillea, Fern-Leaf Yarrow 'Cloth of Gold'

Yarrow does reseed prolifically and that is the beauty of it.

It is easy to remove when young and I would not bother to u...Read Morese round up on it. I just walk around with a long digging stick and root it up... hardly have to bend over!.... it is a little harder to remove when it shows up in the lawn.

I am hoping to fill much of my desert with it. The sage brush has lots of white non impressive yarrow in it right now. Hoping to move in lavendar, rose and gold.

Very aromatic with large flower heads that provide variety in form and color in the garden.

Starts easily from seed.
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In rich soil and partial shade they became leggy and floppy.

I found this plant to be very invasive. Reseeds very freely. Had problems eradicating it with Roundup. Will never plant this culitvar again.

This is a wonderfull Achillea..very striking in a very sunny garden. It can withstand a lot of drought and helps neighbourplants to keep ...Read Morestraight. Now it has matured, planted her in 2002, it has solid stalks that go up to 120 cm with a long bloomingtime. It also gives a nice wintersilhouette when you don't cut of the stalks. I like the aromatic scent of it when you touch the leaves...yep..this is surely summer!
AGM in 1999.