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Tanacetum vulgare 'Silver Lace'

The foliage is beautiful, and it is very well behaved in my garden. Not invasive at all.

Tanacetum vulgare is considered invasive by the Minnesota DNR
"Ecological Threat:

* Common tansy is wide spread across most northern United States and Canadian provinces.
* It is still cultivated in gardens and is common along roadsides and abandoned farmyards in northern Minnesota and along the north shore of Lake Superior. South sloping open areas are most vulnerable.
* It was introduced to the United States from Europe for medicinal and horticultural purposes.
* Common tansy is on the MDA Secondary noxious weeds list in Minnesota."

I've grown this one for a number of years, first bought as T. vulgare variegata, it's since been named 'Silve Lace'

Very alike to T. vulgare, the only difference being the striking variegation on the leaves. The variegation appears with the young leaves in spring but fades as the leaves age. Several times I've worried that it will out grow it's varigation but even now all it's young leaves are conspicuously variegated.

Unlikely to come true from seed, I've never been able to germinate any seed saved from this plant and nor has it self sown anywhere. It does reproduce vegetatively very rapidly though.

Can be difficult to find a happy medium with watering, too little and it wilts, too much and it wilts. This means we grow it in pots so we can monitor the amount of water it gets.