Achillea 'Golden Fleece'

A dwarf Achillea with gorgeous, golden flowers and soft, mounding foliage. It makes for a nice little groundcover, is useful in a rockery, great in gravel gardens, perfect for pots or as a handsome edging plant.

Woolly Yarrow is tolerant of poor soils and dry conditions, favours a sunny position and doesn’t need much to keep it happy. Beneficial insects and birds love this plant too. The flowers begin mid spring and can remain into autumn, even winter as seed heads.

The dark green leaves have soft, silver hairs. The leaves form a dense mat that is great for suppressing those nasty weeds. When crushed they have a spicy fragrance.

Achillea is commonly known as Sneezewort or Yarrow. The botanical name for the common form is Achillea ptarmica. Achillea is named for the Greek mythological hero who found healing qualities in plants. ptarmica is from the green ptario which means to sneeze. When the foliage is crushed it has a fragrance which can cause sneezing. In fact, dried leaves were used to make sneezing powder. This Woolly Yarrow is A. tomentosa which is from the Spanish, meaning covered in soft hairs.