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Achillea millefolium MILLY ROCK™ MIXMASTERS® yarrow
Achillea
The genus Achillea — commonly known as yarrow — is an old cottage perennial that belongs to summer just as naturally as the scent of hay or the buzz of bumblebees. It has a long history on Earth — scientists estimate it appeared around 5 to 10 million years ago, a time when grasslands and open steppes were spreading across the landscape. The best-known species, Achillea millefolium (common yarrow), has gradually spread across much of the Northern Hemisphere thanks to its adaptability (polyploidy) — you can find it throughout temperate regions, from lowlands to mountain meadows, in Europe, Asia, and North America. For centuries, it was used as a healing herb — to treat wounds, ease pain, and calm both the body and the mind. The first scientific description of this species was written by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 in his Species Plantarum, where the genus name Achillea refers to the Greek hero Achilles, who, as the legend goes, used yarrow to tend to wounded soldiers. You’ll find it growing on dry field margins, along paths, and in garden beds.
I'm not a huge fan of multi-coloured combinations — I admit that. But when I visited the Plantarium trade fair in 2023 and saw the exhibition by the Dutch company Florensis, showcasing their rising star — a modern yarrow series called Milly Rock, planted in mixed containers with three to five shades at once — I suddenly wanted all the colours! Just like when I was a child, begging my parents for a set of crayons with as many shades as possible. And so you won’t have to do the begging, we’re offering you all the colours at once — carefully blended in a mix called MixMasters®. Each container includes several plants of different shades, chosen to harmonize naturally. The current selection includes these varieties:
- Pink
- Cherry
- Rose
- Red
- Yellow Terracotta
The overall effect is delightful, with the colours blending softly into one another to create a pastel palette of summer tones. All of this rises above a lush cushion of fresh green, fern-like foliage. The stems stay low, reaching about 40 cm, and the plants are compact and dense. The Milly Rock series is bred in Germany by Tobias Braeunig.
Yarrow is a perennial suitable for standard garden beds, dry spots, and rockeries. With its summer bloom time, it’s ideal for planting schemes designed to peak during the holidays. You can pair it tone-on-tone with other similarly coloured perennials or use it as a contrasting accent among shrubs. It's helpful to remove spent stems as soon as the flowers begin to fade — the plant will keep producing new, shorter stems and flowers through autumn. For combinations, you can take the traditional meadow route, pairing it with daisies, bellflowers, or campions, or go modern with bold hues supported by drought-tolerant companions such as:
- Echinacea - Sunseekers series (e.g. Mineola, Coral, Hot Pink)
- Buddleja - Butterfly Candy series (Cerise, Ruby, Purple)
- Compact verbenas (V. canadensis, V. bonariensis Lollipop)
- Smaller rudbeckias
Yarrow isn’t demanding in terms of nutrients or soil type, it only cannot stand it waterlogged ground or compacted, clay soil. Full sun is ideal. It doesn’t need regular feeding, but if you trim it after flowering and give it some fertilizer, it will quickly set new buds without exhausting itself. It’s drought-tolerant, weather-resistant, and fully hardy down to around –40 °C (USDA zone 3).
Last update 26-06-2025
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- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
- DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
- EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
- HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
- SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
- HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
