Yarrow

Novice23 · September 2016

I have a bed of yarrow which is now in its second year. But it has not produced any flowers despite having a good foliage. Any ideas please on what I gave done wrong ?

Daisy33 · September 2016

My yarrow has been very poor in the flower department this year. Not enough sun maybe?

Fairygirl · September 2016

Overfeeding can often mean foliage at the expense of flowers. They tend to like quite poor conditions, so if you have rich soil, that may be a reason.

Novice23 · September 2016

Thanks Faithful. I have heavy clay which I dig compost into whenever I plant anything so perhaps that's the problem. Not sure what the answer is, but it has spread well so will probably need to dig some up for next year.

Novice23 · September 2016

Sorry Faurygirl. Predictive text has much to answer for!

Fairygirl · September 2016

I like Faithful ...and Faurygirl Novice

I grewit in a garden round the corner where we had built a deck . I made a narrow border along one edge and filled it with Yarrow and Sedum. I don't think they were ever fed or had anything done to them

We're on clay here too - so perhaps it was pure luck that I put them there and not anywhere else!

Fairygirl · September 2016

Found this pic - you can just see the yarrow in the background - tailing off at that time of year. These wertaken in early October. There's some Verbena Bonariensis in there at the back too. That borderwas about 6 inches wide, although very deep.

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raisingirl · September 2016

I'm gardening on clay and I have a few round the garden. I find them very variable - some years lots of flower, some years very little. I've some this year in a veg bed with lots of compost flowering prolifically, so lots of food doesn't necessarily stop them.

I think the main thing is they need plenty of sunshine so in a dull year and a slightly shaded position they don't flower. I haven't found much of a pattern yet though, so I may be wrong.

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