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  • From: Carolyn Ulrich <cultivated@sbcglobal.net>
  • To: gardenwriters-on-gardening <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [gwl-g] Re:orange echinacea update
  • Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 19:59:48 -0500


here's an update on my orange echinacea. one flower fully out, 6 more buds along the stem. the petals open thin and yellow-orange but the color deepens as the flower ages and the petals widen out as well. my flower is a lovely lustrous orange. Petals hang down in a fashion that suggests the prairie native Echinacea pallida, which someone said was part of its genetic heritage.

at a garden center in Chicago last week, i smelled one that was nicely fragrant, although I can't yet detect any scent from mine.

the only downside to the plant for me is its height. I have it in front of a 3-year-old 'Hot Cocoa' rose, and the echinacea is taller than the rose.
Carolyn Ulrich




  • [gwl-g] UK site, Lon J. Rombough, 06/03/2004
    • [gwl-g] Re:orange echinacea update, Carolyn Ulrich, 06/20/2004

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