USDA Zones: 3 - 9
Light: sun
Height:  2 to 5 feet
Width:  2 to 3 feet
Flower Colors: most bloom in rich yellows, golds, pinks, and reds; some white
Bloom Time: late spring - fall

Special Features:
Attracts Butterflies
CutFlowers
Deer Resistant
Drying
Easy to Grow
Fast Growing
Flowers
Tolerates Drought

Even if you've never gardened before, you can grow yarrow with little effort. Yarrow is an amazing perennial that is hardy throughout most of the United States and can withstand heat, drought, and cold.

It's valued in the garden for its ferny, gray-green or dark green, spicy-scented foliage and showy, flat-topped clusters of flowers in pink, red, white, or yellow appearing from late spring to early fall. Fern-leaf yarrow (Achillea filipendulina) is one of the best flowers for drying. In fact, it will dry right in the vase. Common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) dries less well but like fern-leaf yarrow, is excellent for cutting. Common yarrow can be invasive in some conditions.

Notable Varieties

• Achillea 'Coronation Gold' is one of the best varieties for drying bearing large golden yellow flowers in abundance on sturdy, 30-inch-tall stems.
• Achillea 'Moonshine' has brilliant yellow flowers and 12-inch-tall silvery foliage.
• Achillea filipendulina, fern leaf yarrow, grows 3 to 4 feet tall with yellow flowers and fragrant gray-green fernlike leaves.
• Achillea millefolium 'Appleblossom' bears lilac-pink flowers and grows 2 to 3 feet.
• Achillea millefolium 'Paprika' produces bright red blooms with yellow centers on 2 foot stems.