RP, yarrow is very easy to grow. From Wordnik.com. [Flower Fest: A is for Achillea « Salt and Pepper.] Reference
She says a plant is fernleaf yarrow, I say it's tansy. From Wordnik.com. [Garden Goddess for Hire] Reference
This wooly yarrow, Achillea tomentosa , fits the bill to a tee. From Wordnik.com. [Fairies Part Three « Fairegarden] Reference
The power of yarrow is to draw out pain, which to an extent it did. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Mountain]
This one is in my front yard, with some yarrow peeking out behind it. From Wordnik.com. [We're Freezing Fresh Basil Here: Garden Update #6] Reference
The edging on the right side is wooly yarrow and a dwarf ribbon grass. From Wordnik.com. [Garden designers workshop- paths and walkways « Fairegarden] Reference
I threw the yarrow stalks and got the hexagram Ts-ui or Gathering Together. From Wordnik.com. [Another Roadside Attraction]
She found an uprooted yarrow about the same size as the one the invader marked. From Wordnik.com. [The Brothers' War]
Then she picked the many-petaled, daisy-like yarrow used for poultices and pain. From Wordnik.com. [The Clan of the Cave Bear]
And here, with nothing but cloves of garlic and yarrow flowers to treat it with. From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
She marked her place with a yarrow stem and closed the book and set it in her lap. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Mountain]
And I planted lots of different kinds of lavenders, and some fescue and some yarrow. From Wordnik.com. [readersguide Diary Entry] Reference
She's sharing some of her baby yarrow plants with me to put along the privacy fence. From Wordnik.com. [Tales from the (yard workin') mom side] Reference
It was now deserted; the timber dry, the fields of yarrow overgrown with thief-grass. From Wordnik.com. [The Languages of Pao]
Last year I learned that yarrow attracts beneficial insects, so it is good to have it around. From Wordnik.com. [Friday Night Photos: Flowers Blooming in My Front Yard] Reference
But she also added pulverized yarrow, for its external painkilling and quick-healing properties. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
"I've still got some yarrow leaves," he said, fumbling for his medicine pouch with his free hand. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver] Reference
Another plus is yarrow extract, a healing and calming botanical with anti-inflammatory properties. From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon Perdis: Ace Your Base: Tips to Winter-Proof Your Skin] Reference
As an afterthought he picked up his yarrow wood serpent, the one that had impressed Urza years ago. From Wordnik.com. [The Brothers' War]
I love the roses and yarrow blooming in my yard and the sunshine even if it isn't typical Christmas. From Wordnik.com. [1999-12-24 10:01:03] Reference
The invader stopped at one of these glades and chose a particularly straight sapling of yarrow wood. From Wordnik.com. [The Brothers' War]
But then on the native side, it has penstemon and coral bells and yarrow; but also lots of lavenders. From Wordnik.com. [readersguide Diary Entry] Reference
Even with the marigolds and yarrow I scattered for repellency, it was impossible to keep the vermin away. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
The invader was sleeping in the belly of its wounded bird, now sporting a new wing of roughly hewn yarrow. From Wordnik.com. [The Brothers' War]
He pulled off the yarrow headdress and dropped it piece by piece into the space between the runner trails. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Mountain]
The invader stopped at one of these glades and chose a particularly straight sapling of yarrow wood. From Wordnik.com. [The Brothers' War]
We lived beside Mervan Pond, with our yarrow field behind, and our plum orchard up the slope of Blue Mountain. From Wordnik.com. [The Languages of Pao]
The invader was sleeping in the belly of its wounded bird, now sporting a new wing of roughly hewn yarrow. From Wordnik.com. [The Brothers' War]
The eight-year old cat staggered home on Saturday with, look at this a cross bow yarrow sticking right through his neck. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 25, 2007] Reference
She says she is mindful that each little detail of the garden -- a yarrow flowering, a bulb emerging -- is part of a whole. From Wordnik.com. [Replacing the front yard with a garden: The beauty of harmony] Reference
She came to hate the bitter yarrow tea they made her drink, and the smell of the poultice made of tall cinquefoil and yarrow. From Wordnik.com. [Men Don't Leave Me] Reference
She packed a mash of mullein and yarrow root and burdock into Stobrod's wounds and bound them with strips cut from a blanket. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Mountain]
I rubbed a finger under my itching nose, trying to recall whether this was the proper phase of the moon in which to cut yarrow. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
From a fencerow he gathered a wad of the feathery leaves of yarrow and tied it to his head with the stripped stem of the plant. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Mountain]
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