Several years ago, I added yarrow to my perennial bed. I had always loved the space-age look of the plant’s flat-topped flower heads, but I had also become interested in attracting more pollinators ...

Yarrow is currently blooming around Summit County. Ian and Sylvia sing a song called “Awake, Awake You Drowsy Sleeper.” The last verse starts: “Down in yon valley there grows a green yarrow, I wish ...

In Greek mythology, the warrior Achilles applied summerblooming yarrow to his soldiers’ battle wounds -- a legend that led to the herb’s botanical name, Achillea millefolium. The hardy wildflower ...

In this episode of Mother Earth News and Friends, Joanne Bauman discusses growing and using yarrow (Achillea millefolium), its history, beautiful flowers, culinary and medicinal use. Joanne Bauman, a ...

A little planning now, big buzz later. This versatile plant pulls double duty — start in a container in winter and it will be a pollinator magnet come spring.

Have you ever longed for a plant that came up year after year, bloomed late spring to fall and was relatively trouble-free? Yarrow could be the plant for you. Yarrow is a hardy, versatile perennial.

The medicinal plant of the year is traditionally chosen by the "Studienkreis der Entwicklungsgeschichte der Arzneipflanzenkunde" in Würzburg. For 2025, this is common yarrow, a plant that has been ...