How To Find, Grow, Harvest, And Use Yarrow
It’s a medicinal plant we all can grow!
This healthy healing plant grows throughout North America from the low coast to the high alpines. This medicinal plant can also be found growing in Europe and Asia. It can grow wild in open fields, woodlands, parking lots, and almost anywhere you look that has well-drained soil.
This article is to encourage you to have it found growing near you! In your garden or if you look around and under your feet, you may find a wild Yarrow plant or two.
Stick with me through the ‘ dry stuff’ ahead. Then watch the Plant Identification videos I have for you!
- Genus/Species: Achillea millefolium
- Family: Asteraceae
- Size: 1–3 ft tall/ 2–3 ft wide
- Zones: (3–10) Full Sun/ Part shade/ Drought tolerant
- Propagation: Seeds & Division-Perennial
PLANT PERSONALITY
Yarrow is a soft herb, like tarragon. The herb has a strong licorice-like aroma with a sweet flavor and a somewhat bitter and astringent finish. The strong aroma remains even when Yarrow is dried.
The plant blooms in the late summer with small white flowers, reminiscent of tiny, flattened daisies.
