No - I wouldn't, but if someone told me it was a fancy garden plant, and I didn't know better.... There are always gullible customers in every type of shopping experience available, and plenty of people who will take advantage of them. I see them in the local garden centres all the time. However, in proper outlets with proper staff, that shouldn't happen
Plants should always be labelled with the correct botanical name, then no one is in any doubt about what they're buying. Makes life much easier.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
For heaven's sake! Globe thistle is the common UK name for echinops ritro. It may well mean something different in the USA.
Clematis are in the buttercup family but you wouldn't expect to find the one you want by asking a sales person for a buttercup. You'd have to be more precise which is where botanical names and cultivars become important.
B&Q is not a garden centre. It's a DIY chain that sells some garden stuff and some easily sourced plants. Its staff are not plant experts. They don't even know to water their stock.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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There are always gullible customers in every type of shopping experience available, and plenty of people who will take advantage of them. I see them in the local garden centres all the time. However, in proper outlets with proper staff, that shouldn't happen
Plants should always be labelled with the correct botanical name, then no one is in any doubt about what they're buying. Makes life much easier.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
https://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/cirsium-rivulare-atropurpureum/classid.2000010608/
Billericay - Essex
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Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Clematis are in the buttercup family but you wouldn't expect to find the one you want by asking a sales person for a buttercup. You'd have to be more precise which is where botanical names and cultivars become important.
B&Q is not a garden centre. It's a DIY chain that sells some garden stuff and some easily sourced plants. Its staff are not plant experts. They don't even know to water their stock.