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I bought it because I was feeling a little left out of the flood of new Achillea cultivars.
'Terracotta' has built up a good reputation and it performed well during the summer and was grazed
to the ground by rabbits in winter. It was good, but I'm not convinced it was good enough
to build a little fence around it. Beth Chatto's Plants and Gardens say: "A good form with ferny foliage and heads of tiny terracotta flowers, fading to yellow during summer. Needs a sunny spot." Honey Petal Plants say: "Common yarrow, Achillea millefolium, is native to temperate regions of North America (including Maine), Europe, and Asia, and has also naturalized extensively outside its circumboreal native range. Achillea filipendulina, Fern-leaf yarrow, is native to Central Asia, the Caucasus, Iran, and Afghanistan. 'Terracotta', a cross between these two species, is a cultivar developed by German nurseryman Ernst Pagels. " |
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| 18th September 2011 | ||