You've come a long way baby!. The plain old prairie wildflower, the purple coneflower is no longer a plain jane in the garden. I purchased a few different varieties a couple of years back, when there seemed to be a tremendous resurgence of interest in echinacea. Unfortunately I lost my light yellow, Harvest Moon. Yours truly got greedy and tried to divide it into three, the first year and I ended up not being successful on all three counts - lesson learned - echinacea do not take kindly to indiscriminate splitting, until well established.
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| Meringue just unfolding |
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| First flowers of Tomato Soup |
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I confess I splurged on this plant. I had to have it as a new introduction, and yes, I paid full price.
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| Pink Double Delight |
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| Tomato Soup in full regalia |
I admit, I really splurged on this one. It was one of those must have new introductions, and yes I paid full price!
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| Meringue, a little more advanced |
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| Green Envy - unusual, not particularly attractive! |
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| Good old standard coneflower |
And that is about all I have to say for today.
Musings and meanderings from the Musical Gardener.
Hey, I just bought some Tomato Soup echinacea. It's fabulous!! I paid full price at HOme Hardware. :) I'm expanding my echinacea collection. Yours are gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteI tried growing Echinacea from seed. They never came up. Maybe it was just too hot.
ReplyDeleteNext year I am gonna splurge on some plants.
I love your pics. I'm impressed with your Tomato Soup flowers. Very pretty.