Achillea
Achillea spp.
Special Features
Features finely divided aromatic foliage that creates a fern-like appearance. Flowers form dense, flattened clusters (corymbs or umbels) in shades of white, yellow, pink, red, and orange. Attractive to butterflies and beneficial insects.
Plant Specifications
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Growing Achillea on Martha's Vineyard
Achillea millefolium and its garden cultivars are among the most dependable perennials for Martha's Vineyard's exposed, sandy landscapes, tolerating drought, salt spray, and poor soils with equal ease on properties from Chappaquiddick to Gay Head. Its ferny foliage is reliably avoided by deer, and it establishes quickly along sunny roadsides and in open meadow-style gardens throughout Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, and West Tisbury.
The flat-topped flower clusters attract beneficial insects through the summer months, and the range of available cultivar colors from white and cream through yellow, pink, red, and salmon provides ample palette flexibility for the professional landscape designer. Estate Care professionals divide yarrow clumps every two to three years to prevent center dieback, and cut foliage back to the basal rosette in late autumn to ensure strong, healthy spring emergence in the following season.
