| Description | One of the better landscape perennials. Needs full sun, normal to dry soil conditions. Has a long floral display and the foliage is a gray/silver color. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-8 |
| Sunlight | full sun |
| Moisture | average, on the dry side |
| Soil & Site | average, well drained |
| Flowers | flat topped, dense inflorescence, pale yellow and has blooms through out most of the growing season, e main flush starts end of May early June going into the first or second week of July |
| Leaves | gray/green to gray/silver, deeply dissected, very showy, old plants can get very woody |
| Dimensions | 24" high by over 24" in spread, space 18-24" |
| Maintenance | After the major bloom period, the plant will start to become a bit shabby. The old blossoms turn brown and the original foliage becomes less showy. At this point a decision has to be made on when to cut this plant back. The problem is there still will be a few blossoms and it is hard to sacrifice flowers. The sooner the plant is cut back the quicker it will regrow new crisp, clean foliage and produce a few smaller flowers in the fall. |
| Propagation | cuttings, easily by division in the spring, |
| Cultivar Origin | Alan Bloom of Bloom of Bressingham Gardens, Diss England. A hybrid between Achillea taygete and Achillea cypeolata |
| Author's Notes | The only problem this plant has is in hot humid weather it can melt out. I have found this to be a truly dependable, landscape perennial. I have a planting by my front walk that was planted in the late 1990's (2016) and they are still going strong. |
| Notes & Reference | #04-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Allan Armitage), #30-Gardening with Perennials Month by Month (Joseph Hudak) |
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