Ok
I will do that..
Here is a photo of the bloom of what my neighbor said was " chocolate " and someone mentioned...likely mislabeled or growing near the " chocolate " since only two bloomed... Truthfully, I figured the deer would eat and I did not want to mess...and yet did not want to disrespect her gift. But, I have been seeing photos here and with the close up shots...I can see how unique and beautiful the blooms are. To think that comes up outta the ground!!
I think you are right...I need to look and settle on a " style " . My thinking was that as a beginner some variety may be more forgiving about soil, care, ABUSE. 😝
I do know...my preference would be not super tall - really tired of peonies crashing and I do have bee balm and gigantic rudbeckia...a bed where these would likely go. And just a single simple bloom. I will learn about bearded vs not by going thru some photos and then googling.
