Achillea 'Terracotta'
Object Details
- Description
- This yarrow cultivar is named for its flowers, which bloom a soft orange-yellow and age to a warm orange-brown. It tolerates heat and humidity, and prefers well-draining soil.
- Hardiness
- -40 - 20 F
- Attracts
- Butterflies to nectar
- Bloom Time
- June-August
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Range
- cultivated
- Topic
- Display Gardens
- Living Collections
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Display Collection
- On Display
- Freer Gallery
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2021-0791A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Common Name
- Terracotta yarrow
- Yarrow cultivar
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Asteranae
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Achillea
- Life Form
- Herbaceous perennial
- Bloom Characteristics
- Flat, compound corymbs, 2-4" (5-10 cm) across, range from yellow to orange-brown.
- Foliage Characteristics
- Finely divided, green, fern-like foliage is aromatic when crushed.
- Plant Size
- 2.5-3' high by 2-2.5' wide (.76-1m x .6-.76m)
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2021-0791A