A friend of a friend gave me this "fern". She swares it's a fern, but I have yet to find it in any files here at DG's or anywhere else on the net. Can anyone help me with the ID? Please?
Thanx so much.
Joey
What kind of....or is it one?
That to me looks like Yarrow. I'd put it in ID.
Thanx growin, I just did.
This has a woody stem like a horsetail fern. The "leafy" part has come up from the woody stem & the stem has died back. In the friends' yard these plants have no bloom & grow in full sun, with lots of water (beside an acre pond). I'm really puzzled about this one.
Joey
Joey, just posted an ID for you in the ID forum - Tanacetum vulgare var. crispum (Fern-leaf Tansy) http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/82735/index.html. It will flower, although ours is a little finicky - flowers some years, others not, but the foliage is nice without the flowers.
Debbie
Oh, Thank you, Debbie! I'm so excited! I really thought that the woman that gave it to me was a little looney. Now I know it's not her ~ it's ME! LOL
I really appreciate this. :-D
Joey
lol. We are all a bit loonie. :-)
LOL, Some times I really wander how I have servived all these years! Thuroughly Amazed! :-))
Joey
That form of Tansy isn't as available as the standard form, so consider it something special even though it is only "ferny" and not a fern.
Robert.
Thanx Robert, I will & she said I could have more, if I wanted. :-D
Joey