Re: correction
- Subject: Re: correction
- From: C* P* L*
- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 11:40:59 -0500
> The yarrow is Achillea millefolium. I was sort of too lazy last night to
> check these spellings and sources so got it wrong. Bob you are herbalist?
> You often have interesting information on garden plants. I have been growing
> various yarrow in alpine forms and none have the vigor of millefolium. Next
> year I am going to put a few field plants into a border where there is some
> moisture and fertilize them. A little experiment as I find the the hybrids
> floppy, wan in color and short lived. This millefolium has very beautiful
> ferny foliage when not field grown and it has very strong stems.
Just to throw some confusion into the fray, Achillea lanulosa is a native
yarrow that looks almost exactly the same as Achillea millefolium (some
references list it as A. millefolium ssp. lanulosa). If I remember correctly,
Swink & Wilhelm say in their "Plants of the Chicago Region" that the only
way to tell the two apart is through chromosomal counts.
So... Maybe you're growing a native after all. :)
Chris
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