Yarrow

Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Start yarrow indoors 9 weeks before your last spring frost, then plant out around your last spring frost. Space plants 12 in (30 cm) apart.

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When to plant

Timed from your frost dates, so it holds wherever you garden. Give yours and every step below becomes a date.

See the dates for your garden

Enter your average last spring frost and first fall frost. Every timing on this site turns into a calendar date. Not sure of yours? Your local extension service or a search for “last frost date” and your town will tell you; the app finds them from your location.

Last spring frost
First fall frost

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Optimal Indoor Start

From seedRecommended
  1. Start indoors9 weeks before your last spring frost
  2. Begin hardening off1 week before your last spring frost
  3. Plant outaround your last spring frost

Growing yarrow

Spacing in the row
12 in (30 cm)
Between rows
18 in (46 cm)
Planting depth
Surface sow or no deeper than 1/4 inch (needs light)
Sun
Full Sun
Mature height
2-3 ft
Hardy to
USDA zone 3
Life cycle
Perennial

Feeding

How often
Rarely: it does best in lean, well-drained soil. Rich soil or fertilizer makes it spread fast and flop; a thin layer of compost in spring is the most it needs.

Your yarrow, planned to the day.

Canopy turns these timings into dates from your own frost data, places every plant at its spacing on your garden map, and tracks it all the way to harvest.

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