This plant has different flowers from the original photograph, that one had quite large yellow centres. Does she have more than one variety of problem plant?

Oh boy, I'm not looking at the photos like you guys are. Will ask Cousin if she's sending different plants. I'm quite embarrassed to be pestering you guys so much.

And to be honest, the plants she's sending pictures of are now in such a poor state, its quite hard to decide what they are - would be better if we could see healthy specimens.

Does have the look of one of the Achillea family though.

I wondered if its the British native called locally feverfew. [Tanacetum parthenium] they have different flowers, some more double than others on the same plant. does the foliage smell too?

Hank I suggest your cousin joins GoY in her own right and asks her own questions. Currently you are asking questions about her plants to us and then have to go back to her to get any answers we need - much more effective for her to do this herself.

That's a great idea MG, i'll put it to her this evening.

I agree with Seabg. This plant looks like a double flowered Feverfew, you probably have the single flowered one too. They are so easy to pull up, I don't really know what the problem is. I let a few flower where I want them & then pull them up when the flowers go over.

Thanks F, but cousin has decided it's Chamomile against Feverfew which most of the members thought and since she's a woman what chance have I got ?

as a woman [;p] I suggest she looks at images of chamomile and she will see the foliage is very different. it has very soft ferny leaves and this although it has deeply cut leaves isn't feathery.

I wouldn't bother arguing with her Hank - its not because she's a woman, its because she's one of those people who doesn't want to hear the answer unless its one she wants to hear, even though she asked you the question - a classic case of 'you can take a horse to water....' Plenty of men like it too, its a people thing, not a gender related issue. If she wants to believe its chamomile, let her, its not worth troubling yourself with it.