Hi there! I have Echinacea Paradoxa. And would like to trade it for your daylily Cluster Muster. Let me know if this sounds okay to you...and... THANKS! :) vina

oops! make that LOOKING for! :/

Karen: "I've done a little reading and from what I've read it isn't unusual for E. paradoxa to take a few years to flower. I'm growing some from seed right now and I know it'll be at least three years before I see flowers." I tried planting some of the seeds in a pot last fall. I eventually brought them in, and they all died. :) Thanks for the info. I wish there were better documentation on the Internet about how long you may have to wait to see flowers. echinaceamaniac: "Prairienursery.com is a good source of paradoxa if you are impatient like me." Thanks--I'll have to remember that. I got mine from Park Seed in Greenwood, SC. Maybe their plants aren't as good. "Patience is important with paradoxa." Maybe they should rename it "Echinacea waitforevera." LOL. "It gets more beautiful every year. It is still the only yellow Echinacea that is worth growing. The hybrid varieties all seem to have something weak about them. They tend to decrease each year in size. Their blooms are fuller and larger; however, they don't compare as far as hardiness goes." I'm glad that I don't have a hybrid then. :)

I really like it--especially since I've failed with the new yellow/orange hybrids, the first of which were created a couple of towns over (so I assumed I'd be able to grow them). I can't remember if I planted the EP in '06 or '07, but it bloomed nicely last year and is huge this year. For me it's a strong, lusty plant that gets pretty tall. Right now it's waist-high, not yet blooming, and the clump looks to be about two feet across. I've got in one of the downhill, and thus comparably moist, spots in my sandy-soil yard. It also doesn't seem to mind being crowded (it holds its own against neighbors and weeds), a major attribute in my garden.