Montana Outdoors

July 23, 2017

Yarrow

Filed under: Wildflowers — Tags: , — montucky @ 7:34 am

Yarrow

Yarrow ~ Achillea millefolium

I don’t know if it’s because of the elevation (this is growing at about 5,000 feet) or if there is another factor, but the Yarrow that I have seen in this particular location seems to look more robust and show more character and detail than what I have found at the valley level.

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  1. I’ve always found Yarrow easy to grow and it quite likes semi-shade……….perhaps suggesting it grows better in cooler climates?

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    Comment by Vicki — July 23, 2017 @ 7:43 am

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    • It could be simply that it is a little cooler at that elevation.

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      Comment by montucky — July 23, 2017 @ 8:21 am

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  2. I guess it has to be more robust to survive at that elevation. When I looked at this photo, I thought of the word “crowd.” It’s just like looking down at a sea of faces.

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    Comment by wordsfromanneli — July 23, 2017 @ 9:57 am

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  3. It could be the year and the light… ours looks this great this year, too… 59 degrees north, south slope, 550 metres. I’ve noticed that afternoon light really makes them pop.

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    Comment by Harold Rhenisch — July 23, 2017 @ 11:26 am

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    • I’ve noticed a big difference this year between the ones in the valley and the ones at a higher elevation.

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      Comment by montucky — July 23, 2017 @ 1:13 pm

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  4. I’ve never seen so much yarrow as we have this year and it’s doing well. Here it likes to grow in hot, sandy waste areas and along roadsides. I’ve never seen it on a hill or mountainside.

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    Comment by New Hampshire Garden Solutions — July 23, 2017 @ 2:07 pm

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    • It likes full or partial sun, and I see it here in the valleys,along logging roads or on the taller peaks where there are large open places in the forest. It’s doing well up high, but not so well at low elevations this year.

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      Comment by montucky — July 23, 2017 @ 4:06 pm

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  5. Whatever the reason is it is. NIce and Beaùtiful

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    Comment by nvsubbaraman — July 24, 2017 @ 3:46 am

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  6. Subtle but beautiful!

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    Comment by Jo Woolf — July 24, 2017 @ 1:54 pm

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