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Oertel's Rose Yarrow

Achillea millefolium 'Oertel's Rose'

Pronunciation: a-KIL-lee-uh mill-ee-FOH-lee-um
SKU #00051
3-9

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OVERVIEW
Description Potent magenta pink flowers on stiff stalks above delicate, fern-like foliage. An excellent cut flower that retains color when dried. Essential for drought resistant color in Mediterranean, rock and herb gardens and containers. Tolerates heat. Herbaceous.
Light Full sun
Watering Water when top 3 inches of soil is dry.
Blooms Summer
Mature Size Foliage clumps to 1 ft. tall, spreading 3-5 ft. wide. Flower stalks 2-3 ft. tall.
DETAILS
Deciduous/Evergreen Herbaceous
Special Features Attracts Butterflies, Waterwise, Benefits Birds
Growth Rate Moderate
Flower Attributes Flowers for Cutting, Showy Flowers
STYLE
Landscape Use Border, Container, Poolside
Design Ideas Perfect plant for the arid perennial border. A traditional component of herb gardens due to its aromatic foliage and everlasting flowers. Fits nicely into pots, beds and borders of Mediterranean style compositions. May naturalize to provide interest along wild garden dry stream beds, banks and open spaces.
Flower Color Pink
Foliage Color Gray-green
Companion Plants Group this with other Mediterranean plants such as Little Ollie Dwarf Olive, (Olea europea 'Montra'), Arp Rosemary, (Rosmarinus officinalis 'Arp'), Black Flowering Fountain Grass, (Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Moudry') and Provance French Lavender, (Lavandula x intermedia 'Provence').
CARE
Care Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. For a neat appearance, remove old foliage before new leaves emerge. Divide clumps every 2 to 3 years in early spring.
HISTORY
Lore Achillea is a natural coagulant herb carried by Greek and Roman warriors into the battlefield to treat wounds, and often planted around carpenter's shops.

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