Several years ago, I added yarrow to my perennial bed. I had always loved the space-age look of the plant’s flat-topped flower heads, but I had also become interested in attracting more pollinators ...

Yarrow is currently blooming around Summit County. Ian and Sylvia sing a song called “Awake, Awake You Drowsy Sleeper.” The last verse starts: “Down in yon valley there grows a green yarrow, I wish ...

In Greek mythology, the warrior Achilles applied summerblooming yarrow to his soldiers’ battle wounds -- a legend that led to the herb’s botanical name, Achillea millefolium. The hardy wildflower ...

Have you ever longed for a plant that came up year after year, bloomed late spring to fall and was relatively trouble-free? Yarrow could be the plant for you. Yarrow is a hardy, versatile perennial.

The medicinal plant of the year is traditionally chosen by the "Studienkreis der Entwicklungsgeschichte der Arzneipflanzenkunde" in Würzburg. For 2025, this is common yarrow, a plant that has been ...