Achillea 'Terracotta'
yarrow
This versatile, sun-loving perennial will add colour as well as structure to herbaceous borders and pots, but it also looks right...
Biscuit-orange heads fade to cream echoing late summer - perfect with bleached-canvas grasses like Stipa tenuissima and Hordeum jubatum
Plant description
Their flattened flowerheads are a fab colour, starting off a rich terracotta, but fading to soft biscuit tones as they mature over the summer. These plate-like flowerheads contrast particularly well with spikey or upright shapes - so Salvia, Veronicastrum and Eryngium make great partners.
Eventual height & spread
Flowering period
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Plant features
Position
Full sun
Rate of growth
Average
Soil
Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil
Hardiness
Fully hardy
How to care for Achillea Terracotta:
In exposed positions stake using bamboo canes or brushwood before the flowers appear.
Cut down to the ground in late winter, but resist the urge to do this earlier, as the seed heads offer a food source for birds and are attractive in low winter light.
Lift and divide large clumps in late autumn or early spring.
Please note:
GOES WELL WITH
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