While there are many wonderful plants in my garden, today I’d like to sing the praises of one I only discovered a couple years ago.

Yarrow has so much going for it. It’s a native plant (though these above are all cultivars). The polliinators LOVE it. It bloom allllll summer It has a very pretty, feather, fern like foliage. It reseeds, and competes well with weeds, as it’s a wildflower that grows in grasslands.

The medium pink on the top left made the move from the Townhouse. It was my very first yarrow. The lighter pink in the top middle was a nice surprise from the previous homeowners. It was growing in the middle of the back lawn, but of course, repeatedly mowed down (though I could see the leaves in the grass). When I built the borders around Edible Alley, it took full advantage of the open ground and made itself right at home. I was thrilled to discover it’s beautiful colour when it bloomed. The red and the white were added last year, and are both spreading nicely. And the two yellows are both new this year. I just adore the peachy yellow of that one on the bottom right.

If you come across yarrow in your travels, I highly recommend adding it do your garden!