Botanical Name: Achillea tomentosa
Common Name: Wooly yarrow
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape a low, mat-forming groundcover with wooly grey leaves; very dense and compact, with finely fuzzy foliage
Height to about 4"
Spread to 18"
Growth Rate slow
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun preferred
Soil tolerates most soils; tolerates poor, rocky soils
Hardiness Hardy; all zones
 
Morphology:
Leaves bi-pinnately compound with dense white fuzzy hair emerging from newest foliage; leaves to 1-1/2" long, 1/8" across
Flowers dense clusters of 1/4" yellow composite flowers held 2-3" above foliage; much more compact effect than other Achillea species
Fruit tiny achene
 
Propagation:
stem cuttings or division; easy but slow
 
Usage:
excellent rock garden or small landscape groundcover; very effective in perennial beds and miniature gardens; good in raised planters and as a foreground plant
 
Landscape Care:
Watering takes average water but tolerates drought very well after establishment
Fertilizing slow release fertilizer in spring
Pruning dead head after blooming season – usually in fall
Pests/Diseases root rot where drainage is poor
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Eastern Europe/Western Asia
Family: Asteraceae

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