Plant Names
Achillea borealis
Boreal Yarrow
Achillée boréale
Plant Characteristics
Couleur de floraison: Blanc
Bloom Period: Jun - Aug
Hauteur max: 2,0 feet
Max Width: 2,0 feet (spreads by rhizome)
Light Condition:
Plus de 6 heures d'ensoleillement par jour
More than 2 or 3 hours but less than 6 hours of direct sun a day
Soil conditions:
Tolère des conditions de sol sec
Plus de 6 heures d'ensoleillement par jour
More than 2 or 3 hours but less than 6 hours of direct sun a day
Tolère des conditions de sol sec
Lifespan:
Vivace
des plantes qui reviennent année après année
Gardener Experience:
Suitable for beginner gardeners
Spreads by rhizome
Facile à germer
Suitable for beginner gardeners
Spreads by rhizome
Facile à germer
Landscape Uses:
No landscape information available.
Ecological Benefits:
Butterfly host
Butterfly host
Tolerates:
Tolerates drought conditions
Tolerates acidic soil conditions
Tolerates transplantation
Tolerates drought conditions
Tolerates acidic soil conditions
Tolerates transplantation
Special Features and Considerations:
This plant causes skin rashes
This plant causes skin rashes
Seed and plant distribution status
No seeds available for this plant.
Nous acceptions les semences de cette plante
Faits intéressants
Boreal Yarrow is found in prairies, meadows, roadsides, and open woodlands. It produces clusters of small white flowers on tall stems above fern-like foliage. It is excellent for pollinator gardens, meadow plantings, and dry sunny areas. It works well in poor soils where many plants struggle. Avoid overwatering — it prefers drier conditions.
Plant Location
Distribution according to VASCAN
Ephemeral
Native
Introduced
Excluded
Extirpated
Doubtful
Absent
Canadensis
Thrives in Ecozones
- Taïga des plaines
- Taïga du Bouclier
- Bas-Arctique
- Plaines boréales
- Cordillière montagnarde
- Prairies
- Taïga de la Cordillière
- Cordillière boréale
- Maritime du Pacifique
- Plaines à forêts mixtes
Ecological Benefits
Butterflies Supported by Achillea borealis
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Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria
Blackberry looper - Arpenteuse des ronces -
Depressaria alienella
Yarrow webworm -
Eupithecia absinthiata
Wormwood pug - Eupithécie de l'Absinthe -
Eupithecia miserulata
American Common Pug -
Eupithecia nimbicolor
Attenuated pug -
Gillmeria pallidactyla
Yarrow plume moth
Specialized Bees Supported by Achillea borealis
No bee data available for this plant.
Complementary Plants
- Allium cernuum
Nodding Onion
Ail penché - Allium stellatum
Autumn Onion
Ail étoilé - Anemone cylindrica
Long-headed Anemone
Anémone cylindrique - Asclepias syriaca
Common Milkweed
Asclépiade commune - Asclepias tuberosa
Butterfly Milkweed
Asclépiade tubéreuse - Astragalus canadensis
Canada Milk-vetch
Astragale du Canada - Blephilia ciliata
Downy Wood Mint
Bléphilie ciliée - Capnoides sempervirens
Pink Corydalis
Corydale toujours verte - Carex brevior
Short-beaked Sedge
Carex à têtes courtes - Dalea candida
White Prairie-clover
Dalée blanche - Dalea purpurea
Purple Prairie Clover
Dalée violette - Erigeron pulchellus
Robin's Plantain Fleabane
Vergerette délicate - Lilium philadelphicum
Wood Lily
Lis de Philadelphie - Oenothera perennis
Perennial Evening-primrose
Onagre vivace - Pycnanthemum verticillatum var. pilosum
Hairy Mountain-mint
Pycnanthème poilu - Solidago juncea
Early Goldenrod
Verge d'or jonciforme
Substitute For Non-Native Plants
- Alliums (Non-Native Alliums)
- Thalictrum (Non-Native Meadow Rue)
Sowing Information
Download Seed Envelope Labels (PDF)
- Sowing depth: Surface sow
- Sow anytime
- Stratification conditions: Can be sown in Spring
- Stratification duration: 0 days
Harvesting and Seed Sharing
- Harvest start month: August
- Harvesting indicator:
- None
- Harvesting:
- None
- Seed viability test:
- None
- Packaging measure: 1 rounded 1/8 teaspoon
- Seed storage:
- Sécher à l'air dans un sac en papier ou contenant ouvert, pour quelques jours jusqu'à sec
- Secouer de temps à autre pour prévenir la moisissure
- Cultivar: None
- No harvesting video available at this time.