Re: ID needed

> Don, Is your mystery plant achillea ptarmica?  I've been searching the net for a
> site with a close-up picture (since the ones in my garden aren't blooming yet).
> Mine are about 2 1/2 to 3 feet tall, flowers at the ends of the stems.  1/2 inch
> white composite family flowers with two rows of petals.  Several sources say it
> is aggressive -read invasive-but I have not had a problem with it.  Maybe
> because I keep cutting it for bouquets!

Here's a couple of my slides of Achillea ptarmica 'The Pearl'. 

   http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/horticulture/achpttp40.jpg
   http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/horticulture/achpttp42.jpg

They're a little more double than the straight species, so I
guess it's pretty useless for ID here.  :)

But I think you hit the nail on the head!  The petals have the same
edges, and on my second photograph you can see the yellow "eye" to
some degree.  And double-checking against the photograph of the
straight species found in "Perennials, Volume II" by Roger Phillips
and Martyn Rix seems to confirm it...

Chris

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