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Any idea what these might be?

TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
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Hi!

According to Secret Gardening Club these are Achillea Terracotta.

I have serious doubts......  I would expect feathery fern-like foliage like the ones I already have which are now re-growing from last year.

These are the only plants I received out of the 12 I ordered.

Anyone have any idea what they may be?



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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Penstemon? 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    They could be Achillea Ptarmica?
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    edited March 2022
    Quite possibly @Fairygirl

    I guess I'll just have to pot them on and see what emerges.

    Partial shade just to be on the safe side?
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957

    You may be onto something.  I guess they may have mixed up the labels.....

    This is from google.....leaves look similar:



  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Ah - good shout @Borderline. It's quite different from the usual yarrows. I haven't  grown it in a very long time.  :)

    I don't grow penstemons @TheGreenMan, so can't help with that - but I think they're sun lovers. A little shade will do no harm anyway, and if it's as Borderline suggests - that would be fine for that too. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    Mystery probably solved.

    Beth Chatto site says they are invasive.

    Anyone got any experience with them? 


  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It was never invasive for me. My conditions will have been the complete opposite of Beth Chatto's though  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    Never grown it before. When you mentioned Achillea, I knew there was one that had similar leaves to that. 
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    On the upside, if they are Achillea Ptarmica, they are white so they can go in my new bed. 


  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    Borderline said:
    Never grown it before. When you mentioned Achillea, I knew there was one that had similar leaves to that. 

    Thank you.  I'll do a forum search.....
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