YARROW

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is a late-flowering drought-resistant plant 

and is in flower now at Filnore.

The cluster of small off-white flowers is sometimes tinged pink. It is the ancestor of all the pink, yellow and orange Achilleas that are popular garden plants and sometimes the wild plants get cross-pollinated with the garden ones.

The other place you find yarrow in the garden is in lawns.  The tap-roots go deep so the feathery foliage can survive in dry weather.  I think it rather enhances a grassy lawn and if the lawn is mown it never gets a chance to flower.

 Apparently the Greek hero Achilles used the plant to heal sword wounds. Hence the name 'Achillea'; and 'millefolium' means thousands of leaves - a reference to the finely divided foliage.