Perennials: Mislabeled Plants.., 5 by LakeLivingRos

LakeLivingRos wrote:
How many of you have ever purchased mislabeled flowers? Last year one tree peony of mine bloomed for the first time.. and of the 3 I purchased (and they were not cheap!), it did not look like any of the labels..

One of the 3 died before it ever bloomed.. but the other two are just about to bloom this year.. I wonder if any of the blooms will be one of the labels..

Photo 2&3 are of my tree peony bloom last year, and photo 1,4,&5 are the labels of the 3 I purchased.. Not even close! But, I actually really like the flower that it turned out to be, hopefully my other one ends up being enjoyable too.. Although I was not planning on yellow in my design so I had to rethink a few things (since I did not want to move the established peony).

Has this ever happened to you? If so were you happy with your mislabel?

I am wondering how often this happens. I gather it is fairly common.. but when the plants are so expensive you think some accountability should be had with pricey specialty flowers..