National Botanic Garden of Wales, United Kingdom
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Cymraeg
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Achillea
millefolium
'Cerise Queen'
Image: Moore, Dawn - NBGW
Common name:
milddail, yarrow 'Cerise Queen'
Family:
Asteraceae
Distribution:
Gardd/Garden
Hardiness:
(H7) Very hardy. < -20°C (USDA 6a-1)
Life form:
Herbaceous perennial • Perlysiau lluosflwydd
Geirdarddiad / Etymology:
Achillea (ak-ih-LEE-a): After the Greek warrior Achilleios, who reputedly used it to staunch wounds.
Geirdarddiad / Etymology:
millefolium (mill-ee-FOH-lee-um): Many-leaved, thousand leaves.
Description:
Grows to 60cm tall, making a loose clump of feathery foliage, with clusters of deep pink flowers in summer and autumn.
Links:
Royal Horticultural Society
Locations
1:
Broadwalk/Y Rhodfa 24b
(BW24B)
• Accession: 2011-0501 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
2:
Broadwalk/Y Rhodfa 25e
(BW25E)
• Accession: 2011-0501 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
3:
IWGC15-Inner Walled Garden Quadrant C Bed 15/Yr Ardd Fewnol Cwadrant C Gwely 15
(IWGC15)
• Accession: 2013-0315 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
Area
Individual