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White Yarrow Seeds

White Yarrow Seeds

Pack contains: 1000+ seeds

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Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is a spreading perennial with finely divided foliage and broad clusters of small white flowers.

Yarrow attracts pollinators and is useful in perennial gardens, butterfly gardens, and food forest plantings. The seed requires light for germination.

Cold Hardiness Zone: 3
Seed Source: Oregon
Mature Size: 6 to 36 inches

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Growing details

Foliage
Finely divided, fern-like leaves with many narrow segments; foliage can be grey-green and hairy
Hardiness reference
Zone 2 in the Manitoba source and USDA zones 3a-9b in an American reference
Range evidence
Broad Northern Hemisphere distribution; reported across almost all of Canada, including Manitoba
Growing site
Full sun; moderately rich, well-drained soil, with tolerance of poorer sites and drought once established; reported pH 4.5-7
Disease note
Stem or root rot can occur in wet conditions, and powdery mildew is reported; this is not a resistance score
Flowering reference
June-November in the Manitoba Agriculture account; timing still varies by site and season
Spread
Spreads by rhizomes and seed to form colonies; this is not woody root suckering
Cold hardinessZone 3 · Canadian maps for this plant
Cold hardiness · Zone 3
Canadian climate map with provinces outlined; highlighted minimum zone: 3

Zone 3 and warmer

The map shows minimum winter hardiness. Soil, moisture and summer warmth also affect how a plant grows.

About these maps

Climate: Natural Resources Canada, 1991–2020. Provincial distribution: VASCAN via retained botanical research. Province outlines: Natural Earth, public domain.

Open Government Licence – Canada