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There are over 100 species of Yarrow but only a half dozen are common in commerce. The most popular are the colorful varieties of A. millefolium. These yarrows spread out from a center crown by popping up new growth along roots that travel just below the surface of the soil. Under most garden circumstances, they make lazy, sprawling garden companions for tall shrubs. It is the tender loving care of extra water and fertilizer that causes this lax habit. In forests and on roadsides, these plants, deprived of summer moisture, remain small and sturdy and, quite frankly, ugly. Like many plants bred for color, as the hybrids naturalize and disperse seed they eventually return to the color of origin. For the humble yarrow, this is a dirty white. It is this yarrow that has many names, many legends and traditional medicinal uses. Thus, we offer the White Yarrow for those who wish to use it to staunch bleeding or reduce external inflammation. Tuck a few in and around the garden for those times nippers mistake fingers for plant stems. |
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Or, as Euell Gibbons puts it in Stalking the Healthful Herbs "I am sorry that I am not familiar enough with the use of Yarrow in conjuring up the devil to explain how it is done. I never need such charms or spells to summon the devil. All it takes is a few idle thoughts and a moment of inattention, and the old boy is right at my elbow suggesting something we can do or something we can leave undone." |
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White Yarrow is an important Butterfly nectar plant and makes a great addition to our Wildlife Herb Garden Six Pack and is sometimes included in our Butterfly Garden 36 Pack Assortment. |
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Cultural Information Height: 2 Feet Hardiness: Perennial Flower Color: White Characteristics: Full Sun, Uses: Butterfly Plant |
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