Can Anyone ID this?

[SharonCC]

I bought this today. It was labelled Foxtail Fern. I did a little reading on Foxtail ferns when I got home, and I’m doubting the label. My plant app also is not IDing as a Foxtail Fern. Can someone clarify?

 

[cpp gardener]

Try Chenille Plant, Acalyha hispida.

 

[SharonCC]

Yes, that is indeed what it is! Thanks!

 

[cpp gardener]

I completely relate to “Ooo this looks cool! I should get it and find out what it likes when I get home! Even now (at 64, with a degree in Horticulture, 40 years of nursery and landscape experience) I get caught up with the exciting and new. Fortunately, this doesn’t happen very often anymore. Although…………

 

[SharonCC]

I googled Foxtail fern at the store! lol! To be honest, it really doesn’t matter. I have over fifty plants in my house right now. Some are in the appropriate windows, some are under grow lights. I had zero plants last year at this time. It’s a slippery slope!

 

[cpp gardener]

You have no idea just how slippery!
My wife and I have been renting several homes for the last 10 years. Every single one of them has more garden and healthier lawn than they had in years. We just can’t leave things be. Our reasoning is that this is where we live and plants make us happy. Landlords love us!