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Achillea

The flat plates of tiny flowers are a familiar summer sight in herbaceous borders everywhere and in many rockeries. These flower heads are excellent for cutting and can be dried for winter decoration. Yellow is the usual color but you can also find white, cream, pink, and red. These blooms are not the only attractive feature--the green or silvery foliage is nearly always fern-like and provides a welcome contrast to the large leaves of so many herbaceous border plants. .      All are easy to grow with no special soil requirements and they have above-average drought tolerance, but the taller varieties may need staking on exposed sites. Cut down to ground level in autumn. Propagate by dividing clumps before they become overcrowded.

	'Cerise Queen', (Achillea millifolium) is very vigorous and forms a mat of dark green leaves; the bright magenta-pink flowerheads have white disk florets, fading with age. 24 inches tall and wide.
	'Colorado Mix', (Achillea millifolium) colorful mix of large 10" florets of red, pink, apricot, yellow, cream and white bloom on hardy 2' plants with fern-like foliage. Blooms June through August. Zones 4-8. Sun. Attracts butterflies. Ht:2'.
	'The Pearl', (Achillea ptarmica) has tight, button-like, double white flowerheads. To 30 inches high.

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