Hello Friends ~ Well..I guess I would be considered an 'oldie' and I too remember the days of Spike! I believe it is beneficial for a member, any member, to occasionally remind everyone of the rules (and 'yes' they are the rules of Garden Web) to keep some semblance of order! If a member is unsure of where to post a topic, just ask! We are all here to help and learn from one another. Also, if you notice your post has been moved from one side of the board to the other, do not take offence rather look upon it as a favor from a fellow Junker! While I do not want to revisit previous situations, I believe that Wired's post regarding two members needs to be clarified. I cannot address the member 'Brenda' as I do not remember her nor that situation but I do recall the member named 'Connie' and too insinuate that members were "Jealous" and "Ran her off" is to misstate the situation. Connie did indeed have some great Junk and was a creative person as Wired states but she began posting pictures of her interior design skills, which would have been appropriate on the Conversations side of the board but she insisted on posting them on the Discussions side. The more members tried to help her understand this error and ask her to move her postings, the nastier she and the situation became! Unfortunately, it culminated in her leaving on less then favorable terms. I come here, not as often as I would like to as of late, to learn from other members creativity and experience. I believe both sides of our board have merit. If a member chooses not to share on the Conversation side of the board, that is fine but it is where those of us that want, to get to know each other a little better and share more then just our passion for Junk! *Good order is the foundation of all things.--Edmund Burke (Reflections on the Revolution in France)* Della :)

Okay. Let me see if I can ask my question another way to get maybe more responses. I have an old, very tall, very deep pink/magenta echinacea, growing amidst some old, slightly less tall, much lighter pink echs. I was never impressed with the Magnus' I bot because they never appeared the next years as dark as when I bot them. But this old, very magenta ech is gorgeous. What do you think the very magenta ech is named? I have not yet learned to post a picutre and I am sorry. Pat

That is a real beauty, being new to coneflowers I am finding them fascinating. Because of the range in colors I can see them added here and there throughout my garden for badly needed splashes of color in my very green garden. Here in Canada we don't seem to get the variety you do in the states but some of the newer ones are starting to trickle through. Not knowing to much about Echinacea, I'm hoping they have a fairly long bloom period if deadheaded. I've always ended up a collector of some types of plants that have really impressed me, it looks like Echinacea is going to be added to my list. Not only are they beautiful they have a lovely sweet scent. Are there any good books on Echinacea, their growing likes and dislikes, propagation etc. Annette

Your Echinacea happens to look a lot like a new introduction for '09, E. Green Jewel. Take a peek at the link below. The cones do look the same as mine did when I had to tear out my entire collection last summer due to the dreaded aster yellows. Here is a link that might be useful: Echinacea Green Jewel