How to plant and care for Yarrow

Achillea millefolium 'Cerise Queen'

🌿 Herb 🌸 Flower 🔁 Perennial

Flat heads of cerise-pink flowers over feathery leaves all summer. A traditional medicinal herb, tough in drought and loved by pollinators.

When to plant and care for it

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Flowers

Timed for a typical UK garden (last frost mid-April). The app uses your own town's frost dates.

On planting day
Plant
Plant at the same depth as in its pot, 45 cm apart, in a sunny, sheltered spot. Firm in.
0–1 days after “Plant”
Water In
Water well, then keep just moist while it settles in.
30–51 days after “Water In”
First Light Harvest
Once it is growing strongly, snip a few sprigs — never more than a third of the plant at once.

March
Cut Back and Divide
Cut old stems down; lift and divide big clumps every few years.
July
Deadhead
Cut faded flower heads back to a side shoot for more flowers.
July
In Flower
In flower — take a photo.