Achillea filipendulina 'Coronation Gold'
Object Details
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- Smithsonian Gardens Display Collection
- Accession Number
- 2021-0744A
- Description
- Named for Queen Elizabeth the II’s coronation, this is considered one of the best garden yarrows. It tolerates hot, humid summers and is more compact than the species. Its long-lasting, yellow flowers and aromatic, silver-green foliage make it a beauty in herb or fragrance gardens. It is excellent as a cut flower, both fresh and dried.
- Hardiness
- -40 - 20 F
- Attracts
- Butterflies for nectar
- Bloom Time
- June to September
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Topic
- Display Gardens
- Living Collections
- Range
- cultivated
- Life Form
- Herbaceous perennial
- Bloom Characteristics
- Yellow, compound corymbs are up to 4" (10 cm) across.
- Foliage Characteristics
- Deeply dissected, fern-like, silver-green foliage. Aromatic. Deciduous to semi-evergreen.
- Plant Size
- 2.5-3' tall by 1.5-2' wide (.76-1 x .45-.6 meters)
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Common Name
- Coronation Gold yarrow
- Fern-leaf yarrow cultivar
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Asteranae
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Achillea
- Species
- filipendulina
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2021-0744A
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Photographed by: Hannele Lahti
Photographed by: Hannele Lahti