{"id":7952,"date":"2020-06-17T03:41:23","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T03:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?p=7952"},"modified":"2020-06-17T03:41:23","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T03:41:23","slug":"plant-a-day-2020-day-170-achillea-millefolium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/17\/plant-a-day-2020-day-170-achillea-millefolium\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant-a-day 2020 (Day 170) Achillea millefolium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The first time I grew yarrow from seed was several decades ago when the \u201cSummer Pastels\u201d strain was released. I grew a bunch of them and planted them around the yard and they lasted a year or two and looked pretty good. Eventually, they died off. When I was choosing easy-from-seed perennials for the memory garden, I remembered yarrow and ordered more seeds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Achillea millefolium is a native plant. This color strain likely isn\u2019t purely native, but I\u2019m hoping it gives some value to the native fauna. I also have started a few dozen plants of the straight species to plant around the garden\u2013they are tiny seedlings right now, but will be ready to plant out by autumn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n