yarrow

noun yar·row \ ˈyer-(ˌ)ō , ˈya-(ˌ)rō \

|Updated on: 21 May 2018

Definition of yarrow

: a widely naturalized strong-scented Eurasian composite herb (Achillea millefolium) with finely dissected leaves and small usually white corymbose flowers; also : any of several congeneric plants

Recent Examples of yarrow from the Web

Spicebush, Landes noted, is great for tea, as are sassafras root, blackberry leaf, violet leaf, and yarrow flower, all ingredients in a drink that was later handed out to sample.

— grace dickinson, Philly.com, "Finding edible ingredients growing right in the backyard," 8 May 2018
Grow nectar plants with small flowers, such as dill, parsley, wild carrot, and yarrow, to bring them to your garden.

— the editors of organic life, Good Housekeeping, "10 Insects You Should Actually Want Around Your Plants," 11 May 2016
Also consider adding companion plants to your existing beds like yarrow, borage, and lavender to welcome beneficial insects into the garden.

— kier holmes, Sunset, "Essential Checklist for Prepping Your Spring Garden," 22 Jan. 2018
Flowers which air dry well include goldenrod, hydrangea, statice, strawflower, celosia, rosebuds, yarrow, globe amaranth, grass plumes, rudbeckia, bachelor's buttons, zinnias and sunflower, to name a few.

— dan gill, NOLA.com, "How to create festive and free holiday decorations straight from your garden," 4 Nov. 2017
Perennials that are dormant over the winter, such as daylilies, ajuga, daisy, rudbeckia, coreopsis, yarrow and others, can be divided and transplanted now through February.

— NOLA.com, "This week's gardening tips: how to control caterpillars, scale, whitefly," 28 Oct. 2017
On a tree outside his tasting room, a swollen deer bladder stuffed with yarrow blossoms once hung.

— laura m. holson, New York Times, "Pot Farmer to Neighbors: Chill Out. Neighbors: No.," 26 Sep. 2017
Nobody bothered the white yarrow, either, although other colors were evidently delicacies.

— elizabeth c. leon, The Christian Science Monitor, "A garden that only a human could love," 9 Aug. 2017
Camp shifted on Thursday from the river to studies of local plants: birch and willow, yarrow and Arctic cotton, fireweed and stinkweed.

— lisa demer, Alaska Dispatch News, "Camp aims to create homegrown scientists on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta," 21 July 2017

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