Yarrow
Achillea sp. · Garden flowers
Yarrow among the peonies
Goodnestone, 1 June 2024
Golden yarrow in front of a stand of pink and white peonies out of focus behind - the kind of pairing a mixed border produces on its own once enough is in flower at once. The flat yarrow heads are landing pads, built for hoverflies and small bees that cannot manage a peony; the two plants are drawing entirely different visitors a foot apart.
Yarrow
Goodnestone, 1 June 2024
Flat-topped heads built from hundreds of tiny flowers, golden yellow rather than the white of the wild roadside yarrow - a garden Achillea, probably one of the 'Coronation Gold' type crosses bred for exactly this colour and this much flower.
The Latin name is Achilles, who is supposed to have used the plant to stop his soldiers' wounds bleeding. It does have a mild effect of that kind, and it was in the field kits of most European armies into the nineteenth century.
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