Hello Yarrow

The warm April weather gives many people the urge to garden. Perennials are plants that return year after year to add beauty to your garden, and these plants are often pollinator habitats as well.

If you are planning to add perennials to your garden, an excellent choice for North Texas is Yarrow. Yarrow is a perennial that is drought tolerant, often seen growing in fields. Both the leaves and tiny clustered flowers have been historically used in teas and herbal medicine. This plant is deer and rabbit resistant, as well as insect resistant. It is one of the few plants that continues to offer blooms during the heat of midsummer, and once established has been known to thrive without irrigation.

Yarrow is readily available at garden centers and seed companies. It is so well suited to this area that many gardeners would be happy to divide and share their established plants.