I have one coneflower that has pinkish, almost silvery, blooms. They look similar to daisies, but their texture is anything but. The petals are stiff with a texture like vellum paper and the centers are prickly.
And two plants with magenta blooms.
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Sunday, August 05, 2007
Coneflower (Echinacea)
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Very pretty flowers. Everything I've planted has died. LOL I did't plan for late summer very well. It's almost time for mums, I think I'm ready for the fall.
Enjoy your Sunday!
I love your flowers and plants. I wish I had the same talent!
Kim--I just put mums in around the mailbox...the area that sports daffodils in the spring. Coneflowers are quite easy and plant in direct sun.
JP--Thanks for the compliment! I love to garden as you can probably tell by the number of pics I post.
Be on the lookout at your local garden centers ... Lowe's, Home Depot, Walmart, etc. I bought a ton of perennials last year around labor day at 90% off!!! You can make quite a killing if you hit it right.
Best bet on these sales are the hostas and sedum. I don't think any of them died despite being planted so late in the year. I have a whole area in the shade where I've put in a lot of hostas all of different sizes, colors, textures, etc. so that it is eclectic, fun, and minimal care. And I did a huge area for like $20!
Beautiful, Gavin! Hope all is well with you and your mom, you have been in my thoughts!
Ah yes, hosta's the daylily of shade gardening. You really have to work at it to kill them.
Love the cone flowers by the way. Do yours bring in the goldfinches? I always let mine go to seed because the finches love them so much. I usually try to plant them with rudbeckia, but then I like loud color combinations. Once again if you let them go to seed the finches will go crazy on you.
I will look forward to the winter wildlife posts.
EG--
I didn't leave them to go to seed last year so I will this year.
Part of my winter posts are the birds at our feeders and the deer. I always have one feeder filled with thistle for the gold finches. They are pigs!
Remember that it is a biennial which means that the new plants will not flower in their first year.
Also, you know you've really got the gardening thing bad when you wash and boil the roots to make the salubrious drink that the Indians used to fight illness.
(I responded to your comment. I looked for your email address as well and can't find it. Send me another comment with it which I won't post and then we will have rectified this mysterious breech.)
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