Trial: Perennial
Years Trialed: 2001, 2002
Good Qualities
Year 1
Pure white (2); Color held - did not turn brown - 'showed' dye nicely; Good filler - easy to blend with other flowers; It is a nice yarrow but it is white; Not the most desirable color for yarrow; Good vase life; Fairly easy to grow, cut and bunch.
Year 2
Profuse flowering all summer long; soft, lacy white flowers; Very healthy; Bright white color, good vase life, very vigorous; Really vigorous.
Problems
Year 1
Less than half of plants flowered, uninteresting flower; Still early - best yield next year; Bare roots were just strings - if there was a crown, it was negligible; All plants were planted - none survived; Can get rust, and infestations of red ambrosia aphids on lower parts of plants.
Year 2
Stops flowering unless cut back - can get matted - later cuts short and thin; Very severe drought - I hope to have a few plants come spring 2003; Must be divided every 2-3 years; Floppy habit and it is undistinguished white yarrow.
Comments
Year 1
Similar to wild achillea; Have to be creative in sales, as looks -- wild; Plants arrived in poor condition; They were a tangled mess; Size of division was very erratic, some were large others were tiny; Best white yarrow; This color (white) represents about 5% of our A. millifolium program.
Year 2
Similar to wild white yarrows; Similar to the straight species - but with smaller flowers, dull color; Best pure white achillea I have seen, better vase life than most millifoliums.
Trial Data
Year 1
| Plants flowering (%) | Plants dead at end of summer (%) | Yield (stems/plant) | Stem Length (inches) | Market Appreciation Rating¹ | Repeat Again Rating¹ | Ease of Cultivation Rating¹ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wholesale | Retail | Consumer | |||||||
| Average | 74 | 31 | 4.9 | 16.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 4.7 |
| Range of Responses | 0-100 | 0-100 | 0-8 | 14-24 | 3 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 1-5 | 4-5 |
¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Year 2
| Yield (stems/plant)¹ | Stem Length (inches)¹ | Market Appreciation Rating² | Repeat Again Rating² | Ease of Cultivation Rating² | Average Spacing (in2) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wholesale | Retail | Consumer | ||||||
| Average | 100.0 | 18.2 | 20.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| Range of Responses | 100 | 0-42 | 2-36 | 4-5 | 4-5 | 1-4 | 1-5 | 5 |
¹Data shown are from those respondents who harvested stems. Some respondents may not have harvested stems because they were too short. Flowering stems may be longer next year after plants are established. See comments section for more details.
²1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Supplier
Here & Now Gardens (HN) P.O. Box 6 Gales Creek, OR 97117 503-357-5774 FAX 503-357-3858
