General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Plant Height: 2 - 3 feet
Plant Spread: 2 - 3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fragrant
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Other: Cherry-pink; deep pink
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Medicinal Herb
Cut Flower
Dried Flower
Will Naturalize
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
P (Phosphorus)
K (Potassium)
Fe (Iron)
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Other: Underground rhizomes
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Yarrow
  • Milfoil
  • Staunchweed
  • Sanguinary
  • Thousandleaf
  • Soldier's Woundwort

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Location: My Garden, UK
Date: 2021-07-18

 Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi
  • Uploaded by Joy

 Courtesy Outsidepride
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: The Netherlands, Heerde
Date: 2016-06-23
Location: Twisp
Date: 2015-06-22
This is never as brightly colored as photos I've seen of this pla

Courtesy Outsidepride
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2004-06-07

Courtesy Outsidepride
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Heathcote Ontario
Date: 1998-08-30
pretty bloom with emerging buds

photo credit:  Plenuska
Location: Oslo, Norway
Date: June
Stalks with leaves and buds
Comments:
  • Posted by lauribob (N Central Wash. - the dry side - Zone 5b) on Feb 20, 2018 9:53 AM concerning plant:
    I see the other photos for this cultivar show much more vibrant colors than mine. I wonder if this is perhaps due to soil ph - my soil being pretty alkaline. Mine will fade to a washed out, pale blush of pink by the time they're about done blooming in the rather poor, sandy soil where I have planted these.
  • Posted by Aspidistra (Oslo, Norway - Zone 6b) on Jun 15, 2019 5:59 AM concerning plant:
    This yarrow variety is also known under the German name Kirschkönigin, meaning cherry queen). Cerise is of course a more fitting description of the colour of the flowers.

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