OMG your photo's are so good! I STILL don't know what I've got ... will go get the card and take a pic of the back ... I wonder why some plants give the full name and others don't, the lady at the garden centre told me it was white but think she's wrong if you read the back of the card ..I've just seen you've replied to my Salvia question ... gonna go read it ...
OMG your photo's are so good! I STILL don't know what I've got ... will go get the card and take a pic of the back ... I wonder why some plants give the full name and others don't, the lady at the garden centre told me it was white but think she's wrong if you read the back of the card ..I
See my earlier reply...
This new Thalictrum... Thalictrum aquilegiifolium "Little Favourite" is apparently much shorter...but still with the same pretty purple flowers.
Your label has the name on it. Details of the size and states the colour of the flowers. Believe the writing on the label rather than the person in the shop . Pic is probably faded or printer ran out of ink!
I think we'd determined the label is faded - as @pitter-patter suggested I'd agree with @Silver surfer re believing the label - GC staff are also not as knowledgeable [generally] as in a nursery. They aren't growers, they're retail.
The only problem with labels arises if they get mixed up - often when people remove them to read them, and put them back on the wrong plant.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The other problem labels are the ones you sometimes get on supermarket plants: 'Green fern', 'Bedding plant', 'Indoor plant' etc. They can lead to some detective work! That's not the case for yours though, @ren.b - you've got the plant name: Thalictrum 'My Little Favourite' - the bit in italics is the genus, the bit in quote marks is the cultivar name. Where plants are bred sometimes the species part of the Latin name gets lost, and sometimes it's just not put on the label. You've got a description, care tips and a lot of good information there - it's just a shame that the faded photo is a little misleading (well spotted, @pitter-patter).
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
Yeah I think what threw me was because when the nursery rang me back (I think I said it was a garden centre before but it is actually a nursery) they said they had one thalictrum and it wasn't the purple one I was after, but white. When I google 'My little favourite' not much comes up and all the other types have latin names e.g. delavayi aquilegiifolium, filamentosum etc. On the GW site it says that the aquilegiifolium gets its name from the leaf shape and Silver Surfer correctly identified it.
I am very surprised this thread has generated so much discussion. When I googled ‘Thalictrum My Little Favourite’ I found straight away several UK sellers who all agreed on the colour, height and growing conditions. Simples.
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This new Thalictrum...
Thalictrum aquilegiifolium "Little Favourite" is apparently much shorter...but still with the same pretty purple flowers.
Your label has the name on it.
Details of the size and states the colour of the flowers.
Believe the writing on the label rather than the person in the shop .
Pic is probably faded or printer ran out of ink!
I'd agree with @Silver surfer re believing the label - GC staff are also not as knowledgeable [generally] as in a nursery. They aren't growers, they're retail.
The only problem with labels arises if they get mixed up - often when people remove them to read them, and put them back on the wrong plant.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
That's not the case for yours though, @ren.b - you've got the plant name: Thalictrum 'My Little Favourite' - the bit in italics is the genus, the bit in quote marks is the cultivar name. Where plants are bred sometimes the species part of the Latin name gets lost, and sometimes it's just not put on the label. You've got a description, care tips and a lot of good information there - it's just a shame that the faded photo is a little misleading (well spotted, @pitter-patter).
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...