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Achillea tomentosa 'Golden Fleece'
Golden Fleece Wooly Yarrow, Wooly Yarrow
This yarrow cultivar is a mat-forming, hardy, herbaceous perennial with distinctive toothy, hairy leaves that look as if a spider had covered them with silk. The tousled mat of leaves is very low and the flower stems rise only a little higher. The flower custers are tightly made of many gold-yellow flowers with blunt petals and a promiment gold center. Flowering is profuse from early summer to early fall. The parent is wooly yarrow, a species native to southern Europe and western Asia.
Wooly yarrow has several uses:it can make a thick, flowering groundcover, it can provide summer color in a mixed bed, especially planted in a swath of three or four plants, or it can provide contrasting leaf color and texture among mostly green neighbors. It prefers full sun, well-drained soil, and good moisture, but will grow on clay soil. Deadheading encourages more flowering. Grown from seeds, it will flower the first year, making it a good bedding plant.
8 - 1
3 - 7
A1, A2, A3, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Perennial
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial Shade
2"-10" / 5.1cm - 25.4cm (4)
10"-16" / 25.4cm - 40.6cm (14)
Early Summer, Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall
North America, Europe, Russia/Siberia, Asia, Japan
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Average
Clay, Loam, Sand
Medium
Average Water
Clump-Forming
Summer, Fall
Showy
White, Yellow, Red, Orange, Pink, Rose, Silver
Green, Gray Green, Silver
Yes
No
Single
Fine
Matte
Bedding Plant, Cutflower, Edging, Feature Plant, Groundcover, Mixed Border, Wildflower
Butterflies
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