Common Yarrow
Other names
Milfoil, Nose-Bleed, Sanguinary, Thousand-Seal
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Location
Source of plant
Lazy S's Farm Nursery
Description
‘Walther Funcke’ is a rhizomatous, spreading, upright yarrow cultivar that is noted for its brick-red flowers, gray-green foliage and compact size. It features deeply-dissected, fern-like, aromatic, gray-green leaves and tiny, long-lasting, brick-red flowers with contrasting yellow centers. Flowers appear in dense, flattened, compound corymbs (to 2-4” across) from early to midsummer on stems typically rising to 15-24” tall. Limited reblooming in early fall may occur. This plant is similar in appearance to A. ‘Feuerland’ FIRELAND, and is sometimes described as an improvement thereon because its shorter stems are less apt to lodge and its brick-red flower color is retained longer as the flowers age. ‘Walther Funcke’ and ‘Feuerland’ were both introduced by Ernst Pagels of Germany.
USDA Hardiness Zone
4