SAFLAX - Common Yarrow - Achillea millefolium - 200 seeds - With potting substrate for better cultivation

Aromatic medicinal herb womans herb during the change of life

With germfree and permeable potting substrate based on coconut fiber for suceessful cultivation.

The aromatic scenting, perennial Common Yarrow grows up to 80 cm tall and is mainly be found in the sunny spots of meadows or waysides. In spring, it first develops a leaf rosette, from where it grows a stalk with leaves and blossoms later on. Its striking, terminal inflorescences appear panicle-like with small, 6 mm big, yellow-white coloured flowers that show from May until June. The Common Yarrow is known as a medicinal plant since the Greek physician Dioscurides. Active agents: The Common Yarrow contains progesterone-like phytohormones and helps with all sorts of typical womans troubles, like the pre-menstrual syndrome and menopausal complaints. Tea made from Common Yarrow is also used with indigestion. Tea: Douse two teaspoonsful of the herb with 200 ml of hot boiling water and let it simmer for about 10 minutes under a cover, so that the essential oils dont evaporate. Now, you can sieve the tea and take it in with small gulps. Bath additive: Dash about 100 grams of dried herb with one litre of hot water and add the brew to your bathing water after 25 minutes - it will help with neuralgia and psoriasis. In the kitchen: The fine sprouts of the plant can be used until blossoming in curds or wild herb salads.

Natural Location: The Common Yarrow has its natural habitat in many countries of northern Europe and northern Asia, as well as in the USA and Canada. Some pollen of the herb was even found in the famous 49.000 year-old flower grave of Shanidar of todays Iraq.

Cultivation: Seed propagation is best be done in spring into small pots. The Common Yarrow is a light germinator and the seeds are only to be slightly pressed onto the potting earth. Later on, the seedlings are to be pricked out and planted outdoors or in bigger pots with breathing space of at least 20 cm in between. Tub cultivation has indeed to be considered since the Common Yarrow tends to overgrow.

Place: The Common Yarrow prefers sunny places with an either sandy or loamy soil.

Care: The Common Yarrow can easily endure longer dry periods, but it is sensitive to waterlogging. The plant reproduce through short runners and can also be multiplied in spring and autumn through cuttings. For tub cultivation, you should use a tall pot straight away since the Common Yarrow develops an up to one meter deep rootstock. All the aerial parts of the flourishing plant can be used. Just cut the herb 20 cm above ground and hang it in small bundles upside down in a shaded place for drying. After the herb has dried, it can be removed, chopped up into small pieces and stored somewhere cool, dry and light-protected.

During Winter: The Common Yarrow is frost-resistant up to -30 Celsius. Since it sprouts rather late, it is sometimes overgrown by other weeds.

Bonsai ability: No



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