8 yellow yarrow varieties to have in your garden
Choose vibrant or softer-coloured Achilleas!
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Achilleas are resilient perennials that thrive in dry conditions. In full sun and well-drained soil, they delight us with a rustic appearance and a long, vibrant flowering period in spring or summer, showcasing a multitude of colours while withstanding the heat. They come in several species and shades of pink, red, orange, yellow, and white. Here, let’s focus on the bright yellow that some wear boldly under the sun, and the soft yellow that others prefer to don.
Discover the yellow Achilleas and some ideas for contrasting or harmonious combinations.
Achillea filipendulina 'Golden Plate'
Derived from the species filipendulina, the Achillea ‘Golden Plate’ features, as its name suggests, large, flat golden-yellow flowers held high above the foliage, resembling golden plates. It is complemented by bright light green foliage. This is a tall variety, reaching 1 m in height when in flower and 60 cm in spread. With an upright habit, its clump is well-formed and dense. In addition to its aromatic foliage, its inflorescences, approximately 15 cm in diameter, offer a light musky fragrance. They appear in July and last late into the season, with some still visible in October.
A plant with a rustic appearance, pair it with tall golden grasses, such as Miscanthus or Calamagrostis. For a striking combination, add Echium russicum, Monardes ‘Feuerschopf’, and Crocosmias in vibrant red hues.
Achillea filipendulina ‘Golden Plate’
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Achillea : plant, cultivate and maintainAchillea taygetea
We love Achillea taygetea for its feathery silver-grey foliage and its unusual, soft-coloured flowers: its dense umbels range from sulphur yellow to washed-out lemon yellow. This vigorous and floriferous species forms a compact, upright bush 50 cm tall in flower and 40 cm wide. Its fine foliage is semi-evergreen depending on the region, greener in winter and more silver in summer, due to the effect of heat on its grey down. It blooms in summer from June to August or September.
Plant this yarrow at the edge of a border with sun-loving perennials in well-drained soil. As its yellow is soft, it looks lovely with other tender-coloured Achilleas such as pink yarrow ‘Lilac Beauty’ and yarrow ‘Peachy Seduction’. Add a white yarrow and one in a more vibrant colour, such as cherry red.
Achillea taygetea
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Achillea millefolium 'Alabaster'
Here is another soft-coloured yellow Yarrow. The Achillea millefolium ‘Alabaster’ produces umbel-like clusters of light lemon-yellow flowers that turn cream-white as summer progresses. In continuous bloom from late June to September, it features a dense tuft of matte, grey-green leaves reaching 60 cm in all directions. Its inflorescences are quite broad, flat, but also slightly domed.
This Achillea millefolium pairs beautifully in contrast with a woodland Sage like the renowned Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’ with its intense purple spikes. Add some two-toned Digitalis lanata in more muted shades and spikes of Briza media, a lovely light grass with dancing spikes.
Achillea millefolium ‘Alabaster’
Achillea filipendulina 'Helios'
Achillea filipendulina ‘Helios’ stands out with more rounded inflorescences than usual for Achilleas; its corymbs are less flattened and wider, more compact. They are also slightly fragrant, with a musky scent. Its foliage is silver-green, and its stems bear umbels of a soft golden yellow between July and September. The plant reaches a height of 70 cm in flower and 50 cm in width. The cultivar ‘Helios’ is characterised by a long lifespan.
Plant it in a border in front of dark-leaved bushes like Cotinus to highlight its silver foliage and golden flowering. Add dark Heucheras as well as other perennials with yellow flowers or silver foliage such as Artemisias and Santolines.
Achillea filipendulina ‘Helios’
Achillea clypeolata 'Little Moonshine'
Achillea ‘Little Moonshine’ is a compact variant of the renowned Yarrow ‘Moonshine’. Although shorter, at 25 to 30 cm in all directions, it boasts flowers as large, measuring 7 to 8 cm, as its radiant big sister. Golden yellow in colour, they appear from May and last until September. With a bushy habit, the foliage reaches a height of 10 cm and is green-grey with silver highlights.
In rockeries, border beds, or as groundcover, do not hesitate to use this undemanding perennial, drought-resistant, and very useful in full sun on well-drained soil. Accompany it with a beautifully blonde Stipa tenuifolia, add an Erigeron karvinscianus, a dwarf Euphorbia, a Helichrysum with grey foliage, and why not a low Kniphofia like ‘Traffic Light’.
Achillea clypeolata ‘Little Moonshine’
Achillea millefolium 'Hymne'
Here is an Achillea with a slightly greenish hue, a rare and valued colour for an Achillea. The Achillea millefolium ‘Hymne’ displays an intriguing and ambiguous colour, from sulphur yellow to cream yellow, washed with green. Reaching a height of 80 cm in flower, with a spread of 60 cm, in an upright clump and spreading habit, it blooms profusely from June to August over silver-green foliage.
Let’s take advantage of its ambiguous colour to create a pairing with the blue-mauve flowers of lovely asters; try the Aster aregatoides ‘Adustus Nanus’, and with the golden-green foliage of a Geranium ‘Blue Sunrise’. Add some Verbena bonariensis for punctuation and introduce a touch of orange with, for example, an Avens.
Achillea millefolium ‘Hymne’
Achillea filipendulina 'Cloth of Gold' and Achillea tomentosa
Mention the Achillea filipendulina ‘Cloth of Gold’ for its impressive height of 1.20 m, its compact corymbs held high above the foliage, and its bright golden yellow.
In contrast, we have the Achillea tomentosa, or turkey herb, a small species measuring 25 cm in all directions, also boasting a very abundant bright yellow flowering. It has the advantage of having grey-green evergreen foliage. Evergreen Achilleas are not common!
Achillea filipendulina ‘Cloth of Gold’ and Achillea tomentosa
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