The Striking White Flower To Plant Alongside Succulents In Your Garden

If you've been trying to grow more water-efficient plants, you may have already learned how amazing succulents can be. Whether you're using succulents to enhance a drought friendly lawn or creating stunning landscapes with them, succulents are perfect for anyone looking for plants that need plenty of sunshine but relatively little water. As beautiful as succulents can be alone though, pairing them with other plants that thrive in similar conditions but offer different textures and colors can be even better. One of the best plants for adding a unique texture and flower to your succulent gardens is yarrow (Achillea millefolium).

While succulents tend to have thick fleshy leaves, yarrow, despite its high level of drought tolerance, has leaves that are delicate and fern-like. This, in addition to its elegant little white flowers, makes yarrow the perfect plant for introducing new shapes and textures into your succulent garden design. Even better, yarrow is native to North America and is great for attracting butterflies and other pollinators to your garden. 

Yarrow is hardy in zones 3 through 9, making it perfect to pair with succulents like cold-hardy sedums that grow in zones 3 and up. Like many succulents, yarrow requires full sun locations to grow well. Yarrow also benefits from sandy and poor soil, making it a great option for spots where few other flowers will grow. If you are looking for additional plants to pair with your succulents and yarrow, consider growing them near lavender in your garden to add even more drought-tolerant blooms and a beautiful scent. 

Because yarrow generally grows 3-feet-tall or less, it can be perfect for the middle section of garden beds. You can pair it with lower growing succulents like 'Dragon's Blood' or 'Rosey Glow' sedum in front and taller succulents or cacti like tulip prickly pears behind it. Yarrow naturalizes and grows so well it can sometimes become a bit weedy, so you may need to divide your yarrow and control its spread to keep it from completely taking over your garden.