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Will this tanacetum flower?

wakeshinewakeshine Posts: 975
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I bought a tanacetum Robinson's red and two hesperis violet  (two plants at back of photo) couple of months ago. At first I thought they had died when I planted them but they seem to be perking up.

Do you think they will flower this year? Nothing much has happened with them at all..

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,350

    the hesperis are biennial and will flower next year



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • wakeshinewakeshine Posts: 975

    Thank you nutcutlet, that's really helpful because I would have been waiting and wondering!

    I don't even know anything about these plants, just thought they were cheap, had a pretty picture and they said perennials. I don't know if I should have put the hesperis at the back like that. Also the tanacetum to me looks like some sort of herb and it's very sprawling. I was expecting a red daisy type flower by now. Maybe that biennial too

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,350

    the hesperis is quite tall, lovely scent. Back of border is fine, 

    Tanacetum is perennial but I don't grow it and don't know flowering time



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • wakeshinewakeshine Posts: 975

    Oh okay thanks. Also I bought two of the hesperis - breaking the rule of planting in odd numbers because it looks more natural. I have done this a lot without realising this year - lots of twos of things like dahlia varieties, coreopsis, bellflowers and now the hesperis. I don't actually think it looks odd but I've broken the rule lol. Hopefully it will all bush out and not look unnatural lol.

    So many plants haven't flowered yet for me. I presume it's the constant rain and lack of sun where I am. Is anyone else still waiting for stuff to flower?

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,350

    I hope there are still flowers to come wakeshine. image

    I don't worry about rules. If I'm buying it's in ones, too expensive otherwise, then I divide or grow from seed to increase numbers. the thing about perennials is you can move them around if you don't like your first choice of position.



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • wakeshinewakeshine Posts: 975

    Thanks :-)

    I should have just bought 1 in hindsight

    When is the best time to move such perrenials? I need to move a fuschia Genii

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,350

    I think I'd move a fuchsia in spring as it wakes up for the season. 



    In the sticks near Peterborough
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  • wakeshinewakeshine Posts: 975

    thanks nutcutlet, thanks holliehock. I have to be patient...

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