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ajaxmd
Vienna, WV
May 28, 2008
08:33 AM Post #5014386
| How exactly was it used to stop bleeding--were flowers or leaves applied to the bleeding site? |
LTilton
Glen Ellyn, IL
(Zone 5b)
May 28, 2008
08:52 AM Post #5014453
| It was made into a tea and the liquid applied to the wound.
This site http://health.howstuffworks.com/yarrow-herbal-remedies1.htm has more.
I believe there will be another article here later on yarrow's medicinal uses.
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leaflady
Hughesville, MO
(Zone 5a)
May 28, 2008
09:39 AM Post #5014633
| I have a patch of wild yarrow but my soil is so wet and heavy(we call it black gumbo)that it doesn't spread well. Thankful for that. I would not hesitate to use a herbicide to kill it out or back considerably if it became a problem. I also have the cultivated red paprika and pink Queen Cireese(?)which seem to spread very well where they are planted.
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carrielamont
Milton, MA
(Zone 6a)
May 28, 2008
10:55 AM Post #5014946
| OMG, yarrow!!!! My very sweet, very helpful DH thought we didn't have enough in the wildest part of our garden so he bought 5 or 6 more plants (I could have divided it into 5 - 6 more plants). Now the yarrow has taken over the columbine and has started in on the geraniums. Alas! |
dahlianut
Calgary, AB
(Zone 3a)
May 28, 2008
02:09 PM Post #5015920
| Is there a non-invasive variety? |
LTilton
Glen Ellyn, IL
(Zone 5b)
May 28, 2008
04:41 PM Post #5016558
| I don't really know if the cultivated varieties are less invasive.
The one time I foolishly planted one, it fortunately didn't come up. |
leaflady
Hughesville, MO
(Zone 5a)
May 28, 2008
04:44 PM Post #5016578
| My cultivated ones are spreading much more in the place I planted them a couple years ago than they did in the old home. I don't know if it is all the rain we have had, the soil, or what. But I love them both and will just divide and give some away when I think they are too big for the bed they are in. The Red Paprika are coming into bloom now. Pinks will bloom in a week or so. |
carrielamont
Milton, MA
(Zone 6a)
May 28, 2008
04:46 PM Post #5016589
| I have Paprika too and I don't find it to be invasive. |
dahlianut
Calgary, AB
(Zone 3a)
May 28, 2008
05:33 PM Post #5016764
| Thanks. I will try Paprika |
carrielamont
Milton, MA
(Zone 6a)
May 28, 2008
05:37 PM Post #5016783
| There's also mixed berries, which I thought I had, until I looked at the tag, LOL! |
dahlianut
Calgary, AB
(Zone 3a)
May 28, 2008
05:46 PM Post #5016810
| I put in a cultivated 'Colorado' mix in part shade which is supposed to be not so invasive. I'm hoping its not plotting a takeover. It's a blush to pink colour so the Paprika will look nice mixed in with it. I guess I'll see what the roots are doing when I put in the Paprika. |
carrielamont
Milton, MA
(Zone 6a)
May 28, 2008
05:49 PM Post #5016826
| It does plot . . . |
dahlianut
Calgary, AB
(Zone 3a)
May 28, 2008
05:52 PM Post #5016838
| ok now I'm getting scared LOL |
Igrowinpa
Beaver Falls, PA
(Zone 6a)
May 28, 2008
11:18 PM Post #5018458
| I picked a large pot of Achillea Athena at the local box store several years ago. This one is a real gem. The foilage is a pretty blue/gray and the flowers are a creamy light yellow. I never goes out of bounds and is almost always in bloom, from spring to frost. I do deadhead, and feed it once in a while.
My daughter had a variety that was several shades of pink. It was just an awful plant and tried to take over a whole back yard, even going over and under a cement walk! I received Cerise Queen in a trade and it turned out to be a thug too. I won't buy any yarrow with millefolium in the name. |
ajaxmd
Vienna, WV
May 29, 2008
10:04 AM Post #5020125
| I have to agree about Anthea--it's my favorite, and is very well behaved. I also have Paprika, and spend time controlling the spread by cutting off chunks, kind of like lamb's ears. Coronation Gold is more like Anthea. I watch anything with millefolium in the name like a hawk, but buy all the Anthea I can find... |
