Yarrow

Achillea

Plant family

Daisy family (Asteraceae)

Cultivation Break

0 Years

Season Overview

Propagating

Planting

Harvest

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F

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A

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J

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D

1ST YEAR

FOLLOWING YEARS

Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Dry

Soil

Light (sandy)

Nutrient requirement

Low

Light germinator

Germination temperature

15 - 20 °C (Degrees Celsius)

Plant distance

25 cm

Row spacing

30 cm

Seeding depth

0.2 cm

Instructions

Description

There are many different variations of sheaf species in the yarrow genus. Some feel at home in a damp environment and others are considered to be dry artists. Some form carpets only 15 cm high, others can reach ten times this height. In addition to the typical simple basket flowers, there are also wild varieties with double flowers. In addition to the typical white representatives, the color palette of the flowers ranges from soft pink to strong red and almost magenta or yellow and orange. Valued as a tea, spice and medicinal herb, meadow yarrow quickly forms runners when it feels at home, making it not only pretty but also edible. I do not have any information on the usability of the often very beautiful, locally native species that grow in clumps. What they have in common is the strong aromatic scent of the herb, the upright growth of the flower stalks with multiply divided alternate leaves above a basal rosette of leaves and, as a rule, a large number of small flowers that stand together in a false umbel. The flowers are often visited by many insects, some of which specialize in them. The nectar and pollen value is stated to be moderate at 2/4. The aromatic ingredients protect the plant from a large number of pests and even snails and slugs will only eat young plants or those that have grown fattened by too much nitrogen in the soil. If you can stand the smell of manure, you can use it in the garden as a preventative measure against fungi.

Origin:

gemäßigte Zonen Eurasiens, Nordafrika, Amerika

Growing tips

If you cut off the flowers after the first blossom, many sheaves will sprout again and you will have a second crop until October. A nutrient-rich soil without too much nitrogen is recommended.

Companion Plants

Antagonistic Plants

Alder trees

Basil

Broccoli

Brussels sprouts

Cabbage (Cabbage)

Cabbage (Pointed cabbage)

Cabbage (red cabbage)

Cabbage (Savoy cabbage)

Carrots

Cauliflower

Celery (Celeriac / Celery root)

Celery (Celery)

Celery (Leaf celery / Chinese celery)

Chervil

Chinese kale - Kai-lan / Chinese broccoli

Chives

Collard greens

Collard greens (Kale)

Collard greens (Tuscan kale / Dinosaur kale / Palm tree kale)

Coriander / Cilantro

Cucumber / Gherkin

Fennel

Florence fennel / Finocchio

Funk

Grasses - Bamboos

Grasses - reeds, cattails, bulrushes

Hazelnut

hornbeams

Horseradish

Hydrangea / Hortensia

Kohlrabi / German turnip / Turnip cabbage

Leeks

Lettuce (Common chicory)

Lettuce (Lamb's lettuce)

Lettuce (Lettuce)

Lettuce (Puntarelle / Cicoria di catalogna / Cicoria asparago)

Lettuce (Radicchio / Italian chicory)

Lettuce (Sugar loaf)

Make

Maples

Mint

Mizuna / Japanese mustard greens

Napa cabbage / Chinese cabbage

Pak Choi

Parsley

Pimpinella

Purple bellflower, silver bellflower

Quadriceps

Radish

Radishes

Rapini / Broccoli rabe

Rhododendron

Root parsley

Spinach (Summer)

Spinach (Winter)

Spinach like plants (Water spinach)

Spruce trees

Sweet woodruff / Sweetscented bedstraw

Turnip

Turnip greens - Choy Sum / Chinese flowering cabbage

Turnip greens - Mizuna

Turnip greens - Tatsoi

Turnips - Oilseed turnips

Turnips - Wild turnips

Vegetable cabbage - Forage cabbage

Vegetable cabbage - Ribbed cabbage / Portuguese cabbage

Vegetable cabbage - wild cabbage / ancient cabbage

Wild garlic

Willows

Diseases

Grey mold

Root Rot

Downy mildew

Powdery mildews

Pests

Land snails

Flea beetles

Aphids